Results from a national study show that market-driven journalism does not appear to pay off with higher circulation or household penetration. The study does show, however, that senior editors from market-oriented newsrooms express less uncertainty about their paper's environment than editors from other newspapers. They also feel more confident that they can adapt their paper to changes in its environment.
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