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Albany Times Union | Albany Business Review
Times Union editor Rex Smith says his publisher asked repeatedly if a deal to put the newspaper's name on a local arena would be ethically challenging for the newsroom. "I told him that it would not," writes Smith. "This agreement should strengthen the Times Union as a business. That makes an editor happy, because a financially thriving newspaper is better able to do good journalism." More editor/ombud columns:
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