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Tina said…
Hahaha...newspapers are so mad they're becoming obsolete. I used to work for one and they were so technologically retarded.
11 April 2009 at 20:44
nonamedufus said…
Tina: They've falen victim to mass ADD.
12 April 2009 at 12:01
Christopher said…
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8 May 2009 at 11:58
Christopher said…
Wouldn't be too gleeful about the demise of newspapers. While webiphiles are prattling on about the advantages of web-based news sites, they seem to be ignoring the fact that some 80% of the content for these sites are coming from traditional news sources. Once newspapers die out, where are they going to find content?

PS (I deleted my previous comment because I'd screwed up my grammar.)
8 May 2009 at 12:00
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