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"The newspaper is dead." But "news" papers haven't always been what they are today. "The Day the Newspaper Died" is an interesting piece on their history (in America beginning in the 1690s) and their role in the Amer. Rev. by Jill Lepore (a very good writer for The New Yorker, usually in the Critic at Large slot) in the 26 Jan. 2009 issue, p. 68. She ends with RSS feeds and iPhones.
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2009/01/26/090126crat_atlarge_lepore