Survey: Are Dead Tree Newspapers Dead Meat?
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 09.10.08
They thought radio would kill newspapers. They thought TV would kill them. They even thought fax machines might replace them. None did, but there is no question they are on the ropes, with declining circulation, less advertising and higher costs. Now they are grasping at the idea of digital paper, but is the actual concept of having a single source of information like a newspaper dead in this age of a million websites?
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Question and answers don't completely match.
Yes I think there is a future for newspapers - but I think the paper form will change and be more supplemental to some advancement. And my news source is limited to NPR and Treehugger (with some word of mouth and 'watercooler' talk thrown in)
Although I do read my local paper on-line, I do enjoy stretching out with the Sunday New York Times.
My world news does come from many sources including places like the BBC World News.
I'm graduating college this year. In my whole life, I've never read a newspaper unless compelled to by a teacher, and yet I'm better informed than most newspaper readers I know.