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As an avid newspaper reader, I've subscribed to multiple papers most of my adult life. Even as I child, I read the morning Topeka Capital and the evening Topeka Journal.
That's no longer possible since the Houston Chronicle stopped serving the Crossroads region. In an article Monday, the Chronicle cited high gas prices and newsprint costs and low advertiser interest in our area. The San Antonio Express-News also stopped delivery in our region at the start of this year.
In some respects, the move is good news for the Advocate. However, those two metro newspapers had a very low penetration in our market anyway, and most of those readers also took the Advocate.
I talked to a Victoria resident last week who was bemoaning the loss of the Chronicle. He emphasized he always reads the Advocate but misses having a second newspaper to read. I told him I understood.
As a community newspaper, we don't aim to be another Chronicle, but what elements of these metro papers would you...
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