August 4, 2005

Media shake-up in the Motor City

Commenting on William Dean Singleton, CEO of MediaNews, the new owner of The Detroit News, WSU journalism professor Ben Burns said "Singleton will be hailed in five or six years as the savior of The Detroit News or else he will be the one who helped shut it down." Burns is a former executive editor of The News. MediaNews Group and its affiliates publish 50 daily newspapers and 121 non-daily publications in 12 states.

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