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Death by Capitalism

“The newspaper is dying. I’m not sure there will be newspapers and it’s one business I’d never be in.” 

—Sumner Redstone, media magnate (CEO/owner of CBS, Viacom, BET, Paramount, MTV and more!)  

Image: Thanks to alert photog Mark Larson—a gravestone in the Trinidad, Calif., town cemetery.

• Editorial Comment: We probably should be grateful for that.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from Nobel winner Elie Wiesel, on words and deeds? Click here.



• Faculty Wanted: Join our merry band! The JCOM Department at Utah State University has opened searches for two new tenure-track faculty, a Media Generalist and a specialist in PR/Strategic Communication. Interested? 
 

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café  
• $46.63. JCOM “Trust Test” on KSL.com.   
• Logan has potential to be great art city, Fine Art Gallery owner says, by Dani Hayes
• Skiers bummed: Where is Utah’s greatest snow on earth? by Danielle Manley
• Mom-and-pop restaurants becoming an ‘endangered species,’ by Katie Swain 
• Deaf education program at USU on its way back after 2006 lawsuit, by Brandon Fonda
• Spirit Goat: Home soap business takes a leap to downtown store front, by Danielle Manley 
• Basketball ref gets certified: ‘If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,’ by Curtis Lundstrom 
• Faculty Profile: AggieTV prof shines from firey crash to Christmas lights, by D. Whitney Smith     
 

PeezPIX by Ted Pease

Art!Art!Art! The PeezPix photo show at Caffé Ibis on Federal Avenue in Logan, Utah, continues through Friday. Check it out!

(Be)Friend Dr. Ted, Professor of Interesting Stuff 


• JCOM @ Utah State University—The best little professionally oriented journalism program in Utah.