How many years (decades?) has it been since a newspaper editorial welcomed NewsGuild to town for a convention? In this case, it was 50 years ago this month that the Buffalo Evening News welcomed what was then the American Newspaper Guild, writing an editorial that focused on the common interests of the Guild and newpaper management nationwide -- and the growing, shared concerns about "one-paper towns."

Here's a quote from the editorial:

“While ample room for differences exists between the Guild view and the typical newspaper management’s view of what a sound newspaper operation requires, our shared concerns are obviously much greater than any differences. Among these are, of course, a mutuality of interest as frontline defenders of press freedom, open meetings and records, and freer access to news sources. And, at least equally crucial, in these days of frequent mergers and more and more ‘one-paper towns,’ is our common interest in the basic economic health and survivability of competitive journalism in America.”