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Iowa State Students Concerned about Gannett Plan to Distribute Free Papers on Campus

By AAN Staff
february 2, 2004  11:49 am
Iowa State Students Concerned about Gannett Plan to Distribute Free Papers on Campus
Student government representatives are debating whether the Gannett Newspaper Readership Program is a threat to the student paper, the Iowa Daily State. Gannett is asking student government to approve distribution of four newspapers on campus—the Gannett-owned Des Moines Register and USA Today as well as the Chicago Tribune and New York Times. Funding would come from a student fee of about $5 per semester. Mark Witherspoon, the student paper's adviser, tells Daily reporter Luke Jennett that Gannett aims to increase circulation so it can boost advertising rates. "Gannett is asking students to pay $270,000 to hurt campus life—to injure themselves," Witherspoon says.
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