A Very Clever Way to Sell a Newspaper
Owner of Vermont's Hardwick Gazette tags minimum purchase price to an essay contest.
Imagine if you came across an ad offering up a weekly Vermont newspaper for sale. Circulation – 2,200; purchase price – $122,500. In this day and age, a risky proposition.
But what if the speculative buy-in price was just $175? Per an item by Boston Globe digital reporter Steve Annear, that’s what Ross Connelly, the owner of the Hardwick Gazette, has very ingeniously come up with:
The [400-word essay writing] contest runs from June 11, through Aug.
WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.
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