It's the End of the World as We Know It...

Well, we knew the day would come when a major newspaper folded up the tent and decided to do away with its daily print edition in favor of the...ugh...Internet. I had just hoped it wouldn't come in my lifetime. The Christian Science Monitor just announced that it is taking the big leap o' faith. Personally, I hope they crash and burn. It's still my strong belief that folks want a physical paper to buy, hold, read and tape to the refrigerator. I also don't think the advertising is there to support online. But, as we all know, the newspaper industry has made so many smart decisions in the past five years, so maybe they are on target. Tell it to my stockbroker, who has watched my McClatchy stock go from $46.50 to $2.50 a share in less than two years. As much as I don't mind reading some news online, I don't want it to be my primary source of information. Wait. Sorry. We're all watching TV nowadays anyway. Nevermind. Do what you want. It doesn't matter anymore. Go here, if you care, to get the sordid details (and their attempt at an explanation):

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1029/p25s01-usgn.html