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Recode Decode: Can an alt-weekly newspaper survive in 2018?
Episode 193

Recode Decode: Can an alt-weekly newspaper survive in 2018?

Decoder with Nilay Patel · The Verge

February 26, 201851m 39s

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Show Notes

Entrepreneur and investor Mark Ein talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his recent purchase of the Washington City Paper, an alternative weekly newspaper in Washington, D.C. Ein says he’s been inspired by the revitalization of The Washington Post under Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, but a local paper like his has to think differently in some aspects. He also talks about his investment firm, VentureHouse, and why D.C. and other cities outside of Silicon Valley have struggled to create a breakout tech hit in the post-AOL era.

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