Theos-Talk Archives (February 2007 Message tt00044)

Here is an intersting news item. It seems to indicate the future trend in
publishing industry. May be theosophists too can look forward to similar
changes.

mkr
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   World's Oldest Newspaper Goes Digital


Monday February 5, 2007 7:01 PM

By KARL RITTER

Associated Press Writer

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - For centuries, readers thumbed through the
crackling pages of Sweden's Post-och Inrikes Tidningar newspaper. No longer.
The world's oldest paper still in circulation has dropped its paper edition
and now exists only in cyberspace. The newspaper, founded in 1645 by
Sweden's Queen Kristina, became a Web-only publication on Jan. 1. It's a
fate, many ink-stained writers and readers fear, that may await many of the
world's most venerable journals."


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