"We live in a media world simultaneously obsessed with technology and personality.“

-Eric Alterman

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"Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's 'Courant,' it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of publishing America's last genuine newspaper. Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive."

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