Sam Richards Wrote:
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> Newspapers, as a whole, have indeed gotten smaller
> and more thinly staffed in the past 20 years. TV
> and radio news (news magazines, too) have suffered
> similar fates starting more recently. Though
> newspaper companies that continue to make the
> successful transition from print to online will
> thrive, they aren't all doing that, and the
> TV/radio companies will have an even harder time
> with that. As for printed newspapers, they'll
> likely never go away completely, but as loyal
> print readers die off, print will increasingly
> become a niche/boutique item. And fewer and fewer
> boxcars (and truck trailers) of newsprint will
> roll.

Local Salinas Californian just announced they will be online 7 days a week but only print 3 days, M,W, Sat.
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