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...U.P.I., moved his wife and three children to the farm, and took a job writing editorials for the Bristol (Va.) Herald-Courier, the nearest daily paper. A few months later, he learned that some stock was for sale in the Washington County News, the county's leading weekly (circ. 4,000), founded in 1948 by the son of Author Sherwood Anderson. Bowman eagerly went deeper into debt to pick up a 23% interest, and last January he took over as editor...
...papers are clumsily written and crudely made up. Their ads are their most important feature. Classified ads spill over onto the front page, and the news columns often promote the latest offerings of local merchants. Even so, the morning Mobile (Ala.) Register (circ. 46,905) and the afternoon Mobile Press (circ. 71,483) had understandable attractions for Publisher Sam Newhouse: the only dailies in town, they are moneymakers, and they offer one more foothold in the burgeoning Gulf Coast region where the Newhouse empire has been busily expanding.* So Sam "bought" Mobile...
...upwards of $27 million, Newhouse got the two papers, some choice downtown real estate consisting of a highly automated modern printing plant that he says is a "jewel" and, as an added bonus, the Pascagoula (Miss.) Chronicle (circ. 10,050). The deal also included half-interest in Mobile's WKRG and WKRG-TV, which means that the FCC must give its approval before the bargain is finally sealed...
...Sacramento Union, for all its failings, has the virtue of offering Jim Copley an outlet for that philosophy in Northern California-which promises lively newspaper competition in Sacramento, where the far stronger afternoon Sacramento Bee (circ. 177,000) has had the field to itself for years. The Bee's owner, Eleanor McClatchy, has used that position of power to back her liberal preferences, such as Pat Brown over Sam Yorty in the recent Democratic primary. Copley arrived at the Union just in time to start pushing Ronald Reagan over George Christopher in the Republican primary...
...readers do know the difference that Hot Rod has the distinction of being the most dog-eared magazine in the U.S. More than twelve car buffs pore over each copy, reports W. R. Simmons research company, which conducts readership studies for magazine publishers. Petersen's Motor Trend (monthly circ. 500,000) is not far behind, with 9.02 readers per copy. A sort of high-power consumer magazine, it "is for the average fellow with an above-average interest in autos," says Petersen. Car Craft, Rod & Custom, and Sports Car Graphic cover the other auto buffs Petersen could think...