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niemanlab.org - 3/9/2009

Back to the future: MediaNews revives “print your own newspaper” » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism

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The goal of reducing print frequency won’t be accomplished by shifting printing expense to consumers. The price of reams of paper and printing cartridges will likely outstrip the consumer’s cost of a home delivered paper on newsprint. The system adds inconvenience at the consumer end in the ...

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