How much should a newspaper cost?

By Pat Turner
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RBC | My first thought is that the price of a newspaper should at least cover the cost of the paper and the ink. After some number crunching, I realized this is no longer the case for the Herald Times, and hasn’t been for quite some time. The last time the Meeker Herald had a single copy rate increase was in 1987. That’s when it went from 25 to 50 cents.…