Hard-copy circulation has been dropping industrywide, causing paper demand to plummet, which in turn forces down newsprint prices. And since publishers are always looking at comparative costs, you better believe the Net can't muster its former luster in their eyes. But a trend is only a trend. No one knows if newsprint costs will stay down, or whether the recent drop was purely anomalous. Either way, traditional publishers are covering their bets by producing both on paper and online.
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