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Are newspapers becoming obsolete?

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/17/2009, 9:06 a.m.

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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer becomes the latest paper to stop putting out print editions. Instead the company will shift to an online news source with a smaller staff. Is the paper on your morning doorstep becoming a thing of the past, in favor of electronic sources?

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  • Lauren Rich Fine: Research director at contentNext Media. She's affiliated with the Kent State school of journalism.
  • Jon Fine: Media Centric columnist for BusinessWeek, and writes Fine On Media blog for BusinessWeek Online.
  • Monica Guzman: The Post-Intelligencer's first online reporter and the main contributor to its new online project, the Big Blog.

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