Is this the future? 4 Michigan markets lose newspapers

New York Times reports four areas of Michigan to lose their daily newspapers, including Ann Arbor. Three of the areas will still have three printed editions a week in addition to an Internet presence. That strategy may preserve the ability to restore editions if the economy so dictates once we're out of the really bad times we are in now, which is not a bad thing since nobody really can predict the future and all four were money machines in the not too distant past. The four are owned by advance.com, the Internet arm of the Newhouse Company.