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Newspaper goes online only, drops print

AsianWeek, a newspaper for Asian-Americans, has become the largest US paper to drop its print editions to move to online only.

The 30-year old paper has a circulation of roughly 60,000 and will go online only beginning on Monday.



AsianWeek president and editor James Fang wrote in a letter to all readers that, "There are fewer major newspapers, fewer newspaper readers and fewer newspaper advertisers than ever before. Asian Pacific Americans have led the way in the digital revolution, migrating away from print media and into receiving their news and information electronically."

"To reflect these changing times, AsianWeek will cease regular newspaper publication immediately. We will continue to publish online and in special newspaper editions."

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 5 Jan 2009 1:15

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• 13 comments

• hikaricor

  ***Racist comments removed by loco***
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I'm really really sorry, I couldn't help myself it was such and easy target.

  5.1.2009 02:28 #1

• bryston

  Going only online saves a lot of trees (which is good)
  

  Life is Grand !
  
  

  5.1.2009 05:07 #2

• Azuran

  Originally posted by hikaricor: ***racist comments removed by loco***
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I'm really really sorry, I couldn't help myself it was such and easy target.I laffed

  5.1.2009 07:45 #3

• LOCOENG

  hikaricor, maybe next time you'll be able to help yourself.
  

  
  

  5.1.2009 07:55 #4

• windsong

  Years ago in college I remember seeing on a bulletin board in the student union "society for asian engineers meets this week". Below it was something similar "Sign up for Black Engineers this Mon".
  
  I kind of wondered what someone would say if they wrote "Society of White Engineers".

  5.1.2009 14:17 #5

• rmbrewer

  Our local paper is getting ready to do the same. They cut out Mondays starting today and said they were getting ready to go electronic only soon. Sucks when you pay up front or you do not have a computer like some people I know who rely on the printed paper.

  5.1.2009 20:06 #6

• bryston

  Electronic newspapers, a sign of the times. But they are waaaayyy more green/earth friendly.
  

  Life is Grand !
  
  

  5.1.2009 20:12 #7

• pensfan12

  Originally posted by bryston: Electronic newspapers, a sign of the times. But they are waaaayyy more green/earth friendly.
  Not a good sign if you ask me.
  Ive tried to read a magazine on a computer and it is just annyoing.

  6.1.2009 01:03 #8

• DXR88

  Electronic news papers now, that is interesting not that i haven't been to the ledger.com. there are many ways to make paper, Reducing landfill is my biggest green concern tree's can be replanted. the law that 1 tree must be planted for every 10 tree's cut down is crap.
  
  most garbaged can be burned,i don't know why we don't build a giant trash incinerator....Oh wait yeah the Asians haven't built one of those yet. led the way in digital revolution, yeah right.

  6.1.2009 12:27 #9

• Leningrad

  "james fang" what is he a vamp or something? Heheh

  6.1.2009 15:19 #10

• tomgroner

  Detroit News and Detroit Free Press quit there home delivery of news paper. I'm sure there online only will follow before to long.

  7.1.2009 20:21 #11

• jeremy321

  spam removed

  17.2.2009 07:54 #12

• jaklin01

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