Death of Newspapers Won't Kill the News

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 6, 2009 2:06 PM CDT

(Newser) – Before newspapers held sway over politicians and maintained monopolies under federal anti-trust exemptions, they were a service people were willing to pay for, Michael Kinsley writes in the Washington Post. Even if “technology is on the verge of removing some traditionally vital organs of... Read full story »

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