Originally Posted By: Rob Kamphausen
sped it up? i guess. seems argumentative. but, at worst, it paced it ahead by, what, 2 years? the change is inevitable, newspapers can't evolve like, say, car companies can.

for 10 years, even during stronger economies, magazines and newspapers have dipped incredibly because the internet does all they can except free and instant. and provide color, video, altering views, etc. with the net getting stronger, the print medium gets weaker. as new generations grow up without reliance on them, there's no longer a reason to keep them around.

its more generational / technological than economical