This isn't a stretch, but I have to join those who believe the printed daily newspaper will not survive. It lives because it remains a "business" that can money - lots of it sometimes. Still, it is a highly inefficient use of resources and and equally as inefficient as a tool. You can't line the bird cage with it, but digital media (www) is hands down a better method for managing the same information. It isn't all bad. Picking up the paper and turning the pages - scanning the ads (or not) and noticing things you might otherwise have not, isn't painful - it's just not going to survive. The paper will be replaced by a better thing. Indeed it will.
Even if we just work with a newspaper's web site and assume that all the printed material is presented online, it offers so much more. Searchable and easily archived, the digital versions offer significantly more utility.
Information (searchable or delivered by request) on your device will retire the newspaper. I know this isn't a bold claim, but the pile in my garage is silly. I feel sort if stupid having it there. I'm not sure how long it will take, but at some point we'll look back - perhaps with fond memories - and remember the newspaper.
Well then... I'm sure you'll sleep better now.
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