If you’re tired of the relentless drumbeat of news about the demise of newspapers and rise of the Web, read this Philadelphia columnist’s rant about the value of newspapers. Favorite quote: “Rather than integrate with the devices that people already have and use for multi-tasking — cellphones, laptops, etc. — newspapers want people to pay for a separate device where they have more control over the content and the flow of information, and they can once again demand that people pay money for the content. There already is a such a magical device, and it’s available for the low cost of just 75 cents a day or less, a lot cheaper than what you mindlessly fork over at Starbucks every morning. It’s called a printed newspaper, and every year fewer and fewer people are buying it, because they prefer the free-flowing ways of the World Wide Web.”
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