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Radio Was Gonna Kill Newspapers, Too

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 4, 2009 11:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – As newspapers hemorrhage cash, the refrain is getting louder: the Web is sucking away their audiences and can never replicate the serious journalism they offer. The argument sounds familiar, Jack Shafer writes for Slate: It’s the one newspapers used against radio 80 years ago.... Read full story »

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