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Local Edition Suffers

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/2009-05-18%20Local%20Edition%20update%20QA%20%283%29.mp3

In a weak economy – with many established news organizations cutting back and shedding journalists – a 20-year-old entrepreneur from Cadillac managed to launch a newscast last year, and to get Charter Cable to sign on, and to pay him for it. Barely a year later, that contract is coming to an end. IPR’s Linda Stephan talks with Local Edition’s Eric Wotila.