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http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-demographic11-2009jan11,0,5616698.story
Television is starting to look beyond the 18- to 49-year-old demographic

http://themoderatevoice.com/25540/latest-newspaper-death-rattle-hearst-corps-seattle-pi-to-be-sold-in-60-days-or-closed/
Latest Newspaper Death Rattle: Hearst Corp.’s Seattle P-I To Be Sold In 60 Days Or Be Closed

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e85bb318-dedc-11dd-9464-000077b07658.html
Tribune bankruptcy delays Cubs sale

[ForGod'sSake]

At their best, newspapers serve as community watchdogs, mirrors, forums. "No one doubts their value in our democracy," Mayor Greg Nickels said Friday.

Well Mr. Mayor, there are some who might disagree:

"The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors." -- Thomas Jefferson

Seems we haven't learned anything over the ensuing 200 years...