N.Y. Times Draws Blacks' Scorn Over New Florida Paper

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There has been a public outcry, and the managing editor was fired only 24 hours before the presses began an inaugural run. Nevertheless, the New York Times has a new presence in Florida today, the Gainesville Guardian, a weekly paper targeted to about 15,000 local black residents.

It joins 18 other newspapers in the Times' burgeoning stable, and was described yesterday by publisher Jim Doughton as "a community publication designed to serve both east Gainesville and the African- American community."

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N.Y. Times Draws Blacks' Scorn Over New Florida Paper

The new publication, however, has had a rocky start. For weeks, the paper has irked critics who were convinced the Times...

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