[Eric in the Ozarks]

Advertising, specifically classified ads, were the life blood of newspapers for decades. There was a time when a metro paper had 10 or 15 pages of fine print ads and double that number on Sunday.

Confronted with a decline in sales (read Craigslist) newspapers are trying to monetize the only thing they have left; news coverage. To force payment, the newspapers are turning away from advertising in favor of a limit on the number of “visits” to their web pages. Never mind that this practice limits the exposure of their web ads...

Confused ? Me too.

[a fool in paradise]

Daily newsprint is a dead medium. It arrives on your doorstep (without milk or a doctor housecall) and it is already 16-48 hours old information.