For those interested in what the end of daily newspaper competition means in Northwest Arkansas, I pass along on the jump some e-mail related to a paring of community columnists from the offerings of the surviving zoned local wrappers that will go around regional editions of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Someday, perhaps, there’ll be an accounting not just of news and opinion impact, but advertising, circulation, production and other moving parts. I still can’t figure how the ad sales are going to work on the zoned local wrappers and what ad buys will look most attractive to larger, regional buyers — the 50-50 Hussman/Stephens local wrappers or the regional D-G. I presume the business reporting staff of the new monopoly enterprise will inform us in due course.

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But back to the opinion writing slots:

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