Abstract
This is a comparison of competitive, monopoly joint operating, chain and independent newspapers on these major variables: size of news and library staffs, number of wire services, number of databases taken and monthly search costs. A census of daily newspapers over 100,000 in circulation found the various competitive conditions and chain ownership had no significant impact on the resource measures. This finding is consistent with most previous research on the relationship between newspaper competition, ownership and content performance.
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