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By Sam Biddle, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 18, 2008 2:55 AM CDT

(Newser) – American newspaper readership is continuing to fall, according to a new study. Only 46% of Americans read a newspaper regularly, down from 52% in 2006, according to the Pew Research Center. Online readership growth has failed to make up the difference, growing from 9% to... Read full story »

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