The reason I said wishful thinking and suction cups to the dead is that you are ignoring the central reason that we are having this conversation at the moment:

The reason I said wishful thinking and suction cups to the dead is that you are ignoring the central reason that we are having this conversation at the moment: Why are Newspapers as an industry contacting? If your answer is as applicable in the 90s as it is now, I would suggest you explain why it is happening now and not then. Newspapers are in trouble because both consumers and advertisers need them less today then they did before. This is a consequence of the internet and competition. There are also all sorts of other little things. Quality of journalism is part of those little things.