Word: featurish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dave Burgin, a veteran editor who now runs the Houston Post, argues that newspapers must concede they are no longer the means by which people first learn about events. Therefore, he says, they must become more featurish, with life-style and entertainment moved up to the front page. The New York Times has already moved in that direction, playing up pop sociology and urban angst -- and the gray dowager will introduce color late next year. To compete with broadcasting's once-over-lightly approach, papers such as the St. Paul Pioneer-Press and Providence Journal have experimented with running...