[a fool in paradise]

Digital works great for newspapers and news agencies.

Like LA Times and Al Reuters:

Photojournalism in Crisis (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™) (Editor & Publisher August 18, 2006 David D. Perlmutter)

Those negatives used to provide a "paper trail". Negatives were even used in the OJ Case to show a historical timeline that OJ owned such a pair of shoes.

[jwparkerjr]

The out takes file was also responsible for finding the photo of Bill Clinton hugging Monica at some point.