How public ownership affects publisher autonomy

Journalism and Mass Communication Quaterly

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 342-353

  Matthews, Martha N ^a  

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EID: 0038877829     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769909607300206     Document Type: Article

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33. While Dow Jones & Co. is technically the fourth largest publicly owned newspaper chain in terms of circulation, according to NAA, it was not included in this study because more than three-quarters of its circulation is derived from The Wall Street Journal, which is not typical of a local, community-oriented, daily newspaper.