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Cost of government rises when local newspaper closes, study finds

A study inspired by a John Oliver segment has analysed data from 1,266 US counties and tallied the cost of losing a print watchdog

via the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/10/cost-of-government-rises-when-local-newspaper-closes-study-finds