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The messages started coming in hot and heavy late Sunday night from people I know and respect.

They carried a link to a story from some site called The Editorial entitled “The Ghost Paper That Ate Alabama: How a Media Startup Killed 47 Weekly Newspapers and No One Noticed.”

Rob Holbert is a co-publisher and managing editor of Lagniappe. He can be emailed at rholbert@lagniappemobile.com

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Eric Gillespie

I did not realize 1819 News was so shrouded in mystery. Have you tried asking your buddy Jeff Poor?

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