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I don't believe niche interests are new, didn't newspapers originally tailor their content toward particular political parties and agendas? It seems as though large circulation newspapers are trying to be everything to everybody now, which results in an encyclopedic volume that feel bulky, intimidating, and just plain wasteful. I want to sit down and read something I know will captivate me, whether it's a print publication catered to my interests or a website that does the same (and for the record I usually turn to the internet for the bulk of my news).

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The Drake Relays in Des Moines, mentioned a few minutes earlier, are in fact alive and still quite popular. The event regularly draws sell-out crowds and gets plenty of media coverage in and outside of Iowa every year. I don't believe these national running events are any less significant than they were in the 70s, but they seem to have been overshadowed by the big money televised sports that now dominate.

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