Media partnerships expand coverage

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In an ongoing effort to expand their global reach and broaden coverage, 
newspapers, magazines, television networks and Web sites have been forming 
partnerships to share news. Journalists are concerned that this will limit 
original reporting because media outlets will rely on each other's stories. 
Labor unions also worry this snyergy could cost journalists work as 
publications combine resources. Those who support this movement insist 
that readers can now conveniently access a wider array of stories and 
different viewpoints from fewer sources. Critics of the trend fear that 
news outlets will start duplicating each other. "If you have these big 
media owners consolidating even more by combining with other big owners, it 
really creates bland, one-size-fits-all news," said Linda Foley, President 
of the Newspaper Guild. "It's not a good trend."

Source:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6100-2003Nov5.html