Tough Sell: Newspapers Struggle to Find Footing On the Internet

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Not long ago, Wayne Trotter received a telephone call.

Trotter, the publisher of the Countywide & Sun, a weekly newspaper in Tecumseh, was contacted by staff members from U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe's office. Inhofe, Trotter was told, would be flying into the Tecumseh-Shawnee area and would be available to the press for a few moments.

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Tough Sell: Newspapers Struggle to Find Footing On the Internet

Trotter declined the invitation.

Later, Inhofe's office called Trotter again - this time at home - inviting the publisher to go along as Inhofe visited with business leaders and others in Shawnee.

This time, Trotter accepted.

"It was about three months ago," Trotter said. "...

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