April 2, 2006

News magnate contemplates another big risk

Ben Burns, a former Detroit News executive editor who heads Wayne State's journalism program, comments about William Dean Singleton's interest in purchasing the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and several other newspapers. Singleton's MediaNews Group Inc. also bought the Detroit News last August moving into a larger market. Burns says the newspaper had already become tighter, better focused and more surprising. \"As far as I can tell, Dean Singleton is a very sharp guy who wants to do good journalism because he wants his legacy to be that he put out good newspapers.\"

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