The Journal Register Co's Ben Franklin Project Proves A Success

Over Independence Day weekend, the Journal Register Co’s 18 dailies participated in something of an ongoing experiment. As part of the company’s “Ben Franklin Project,” the dailies each published a print newspaper and web content using only free publishing tools available on the internet, such as Google Docs.

Appropriately enough, the ultimate goal of the Ben Franklin Project is to show that media outlets and news sources can effectively gain “independence” from what the Journal Register Co.

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