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It was a little surreal when Governor Andrew Cuomo the other day listed out the essential services that need to stay open in a crisis: “shipping, media, warehousing, grocery and food production, pharmacies, healthcare providers, utilities, banks and related financial institutions, and other industries critical to the supply chain.”

But as someone glued to the media, and producing it, that feels so true right now.

This is going to be a horrible year for the media business, as for so much of the economy. Our advertisers are struggling to pay their employees — much less spend on marketing. Many of our readers do not know where their next paycheck is coming from.  Alt-weeklies are collapsing left and right.

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