Should an obituary for the American newspaper have to be written eventually, I hope someone notes that the demise may have been caused by trying to adapt the deceased to the needs of those interested in things other than reading - such as American Idol or Dancing With the Stars. Given the number of books published and purchased every year it seems genuinely moronic of newspapers to pay less and less attention to them.
Update: Looks like the obit's been written: The news, the purveyor of 'new things,' dies at 606
Update: Looks like the obit's been written: The news, the purveyor of 'new things,' dies at 606
Here's an obit I recently wrote for the newspaper.
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