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Do the great newspapers have a death wish?

Posted on June 20, 2007

In the past week, three newspaper publishers have announced they're raising the price of their print products. The Wall Street Journal started it, and was followed quickly by London's Financial Times, and The New York Times said it's boosting the street price of the paper 50% to $1.50 a copy.What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on? Who raises prices on products people don't want? Are they really trying to kill the business? Newspaper circulation is dropping, as readers are getting their fill of information from competing venues: cable TV, podcasts, Jon Stewart and - oh yes - t...

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