Comments on: Do newspapers matter? http://www.iwantmyrocky.com/2009/05/29/do-newspapers-matter/ Colorado's oldest newspaper stopped publishing Feb. 27, 2009, but it didn't die. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:13:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SJR http://www.iwantmyrocky.com/2009/05/29/do-newspapers-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-99986 SJR Fri, 29 May 2009 15:34:21 +0000 http://www.iwantmyrocky.com/?p=2920#comment-99986 "But the unsettling possibility looms that some big cities could lose their sole remaining daily newspaper – and that the public won’t care." People will care - they will just be in the minority. It will be like when a celebrity dies - lots of talk for a couple of days and then: *poof!* on to the next thing. This technological "wonderland" we live is great ain't it? All the toys in the world and none of the substance. “But the unsettling possibility looms that some big cities could lose their sole remaining daily newspaper – and that the public won’t care.”

People will care – they will just be in the minority. It will be like when a celebrity dies – lots of talk for a couple of days and then: *poof!* on to the next thing.

This technological “wonderland” we live is great ain’t it? All the toys in the world and none of the substance.

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