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Newspapers were the 'in' thing. I would sit on my dad's lap while he taught me the tricks and trades of the stock market, or solving the crossword puzzle. Sunday afternoons were systematically intuned to church, followed by lunch at a fancy restaurant, and by afternoon, we would continue the full skeleton review of the newspaper.

How long ago was this?

Yesterday. Retrospeaking ofcourse.

Today, the web has taken over much of the 'flavor' of a printed newspaper. The cost per advertisement is significantly lower on the web, than it is to print the same advertisement. I mean lets not get into the size of the ad. or the color. or a picture? wow. These were things, excuse me, ARE things that are still calculated when it comes to posting anything in print. The web hardly follows the same rules or price margins.

AND,

the print simply can't execute the dynamics of the web. Today on MSN.com they had a video clip of this past Saturday Night Live episode mimicing the Vice Presidential debate between Senator Biden and Governor Palin. Sure, a reporter can write about it, but how much better is it to see the actual video...... waaaaay better!

In economics, the discussions would throw in the words of opportunity cost, or scarcity of rescourses, the gap grows. If I want to find an apartment, chances are I'll use the internet and play along the web worlds of craigslist, the stranger, or apartments.com. If I'm so inclined, I'll go into the classifieds section of the Seattle Times, on their internet website, even though I'm sitting two feet away from it at my starbucks hotspot.

Futuristically speaking, the print newspaper has no hope. Okay, maybe thats a little harsh. So allow me to rephrase.The future of print newspapers is on the web. There. I said it. You may not have heard it here first.

Tomorrow, the tree huggers are going to hug all the trees in the world and protest that the earth must be saved, one print newspaper at a time. Recyled paper, well they too are messing up the whole go green campaign. Web Web Web.....

Web all about it!

Web all about it!