I saw this when I was a child, maybe 10 years old. It was made for children, so it was well done by those standards.
Spoilers follow.
After Dad gets sick, his kids and their friends proceed to try to run the paper, the Clarion, though with guidance from the press operator. But no sooner does dad leave in an ambulance than one of the key employees decides to leave a "sinking ship" and goes to the competition across the street, the Bugle.
The defector operates below the eyes of the Bugle's publisher to try to put the Clarion out of business, but is outwitted each time by the determined children - delivering, reporting, and even the printing process. When dad is well and returns, the paper is still on its feet and the Bugle's publisher runs the defector out of his premises, so now the defector has burned both bridges.
Spoilers follow.
After Dad gets sick, his kids and their friends proceed to try to run the paper, the Clarion, though with guidance from the press operator. But no sooner does dad leave in an ambulance than one of the key employees decides to leave a "sinking ship" and goes to the competition across the street, the Bugle.
The defector operates below the eyes of the Bugle's publisher to try to put the Clarion out of business, but is outwitted each time by the determined children - delivering, reporting, and even the printing process. When dad is well and returns, the paper is still on its feet and the Bugle's publisher runs the defector out of his premises, so now the defector has burned both bridges.
