When I describe the Tribune’s top-secret project, everybody makes the same snarky comment. The Tribune is designing a weekly edition that it will offer subscribers for a surcharge. The premium content will consist of long, thoughtful reporting and commentary–local in its focus–on the news and cultural affairs. The inevitable comment is this: That’s what the Tribune is already supposed to be doing.
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