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Stephen Downes

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If you're still among those doubting that newspapers are in crash and burn mode, these statistics may change your view. Graham Wegner comments, "The media corporations controlled what was newsworthy and ignored what was deemed unimportant. In a one paper town like Adelaide, that was publishing for a relatively captive audience. Now we have the web. Initially, newspapers just reproduced themselves in an online form, still curating news that they felt their readers needed.

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