Michelle Malkin has a great post about how the economic crisis is affecting newspapers.  She offers that wealthy conservatives could swoop right in and buy a couple of these ailing conglomerates and at least even out the coverage provided by those papers. 

I think making some of these militantly liberal local papers more even-handed might improve circulation.  I don’t subscribe to my local newspaper (the Austin American-Statesman) because of the lopsided coverage it provides.  I have to find out about local issues through other means.  A lot of conservatives feel the same way. 

Could the economic crisis improve the influence of the GOP in other media?  As circulation of newspapers falls, many turn to the internet for news.  There is a better representation of unfiltered conservative voices available online.  I believe that those who read newspapers are more likely to find their alternative news online than turn to the television, so we could see a rise in conservative influence that way.  Let’s hope so.