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The Rolled-Up Newspaper

I was in a Whitewater establishment on Saturday, one that has hundreds of customers a day. On a counter easily visible to patrons sat a two-day-old newspaper, still unrolled and fastened with a rubber band just as when it had been first delivered.

Perhaps someone only delivered Thursday’s paper on Saturday, or – alternatively – no one cared to open Thursday’s paper as it sat unread for two days’ time.

Neither possibility is comforting for print publishing, but I’d guess the worse one is true: the paper sat ignored for forty-eight hours.

There’s the state of print journalism (particularly for an afternoon daily).

Whatever the reason, this is where we are.

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