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Visual proof that newspapers are doomed

You’ve read the statistics. Now we have visual confirmation that newspapers are in a death spiral:

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“That’s just a whirlpool,” you say? Maybe to someone without a taste for visual metaphor. But trust me — that’s a death spiral, and newspapers are floundering just below the surface.burningpapers

And this stock photo? Just a pile of newspapers burning? Au contraire — it’s the symbolic loss of revenue from classified ads. There goes your main source of revenue, up in smoke. Craigslist says it smells great.

Still not convinced, given the irrefutable stock photo evidence?

Well, perhaps THIS will change your mind …

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