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Internet is Killing the Newspaper

jose parinas writes "MediaDailyNews is reporting that 2005 will go down as one of the worst newspaper years in history, and 2006 doesn't look promising. Online media is continuously generating more readership and ad dollars, but currently only accounts for 5% of total newspaper revenues."

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  1. Re:Immediate Access by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would I pay for yesterday's news?

          Yeah! And on some special websites, you can read the same news several days in a row! Sometimes after months!

  2. Re:Immediate Access by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Still, I do enjoy sitting on the back porch in the morning with a newspaper in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. The Internet is way too heavy to read on the back porch.