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Newspapers chase online readers
4 May 2009
Times Online
This July Michigan’s Ann Arbor News will become the latest American newspaper to disappear from newsstands. It caters to one of the wealthiest areas of Michigan and has been in print since 1835 when Andrew Jackson was president. While he lives on in print as the face of $20 bills, the Ann Arbor News is following papers across America into cyberspace, no longer able to justify the cost of printing daily news.
When advertising income slumped more than 20% in January, publisher Laurel Champion said the paper’s business model was no longer sustainable.
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Posted on May 04, 2009 - 05:22 PM
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