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Paper fetishists are dieing faster than they are being born
At 42, I sit on the cusp between baby boomers and the following generations (x, y, whatever). When I look in front of me, I see boomers who love their coffe and paper in the morning. When I look behind me, it's rare to see that behavior. Personally, I have always hated the newspaper medium and loved newspaper journalism. I loved being a copy editor at the Ventura County Star, and online news editor at the L.A. Daily News. I hated working for such backward companies (although The Star wasn't as bad as the Daily News). Ad-supported media is a third-party-payer system with all the attendant flaws and corruption. As people take control of media away from advertisers, matters will improve, but they will get worse for those who are dependent on the Madison Avenue teat.
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