Reader: Print is dead, and someone should tell the Denver Post

Michael Roberts November 2, 2011 10:27AM

Our item about the elimination of a stand-alone Travel section in the Denver Post's Sunday paper speaks to the continuing challenges facing traditional media organs.

This development sparked one reader to wonder why the Post hasn't gone entirely digital.

eCurmudgeon writes:

Someone explain to me again exactly why the Denver Post continues to print on dead tree?

These days, any news organization with a clue would move exclusively to the web and mobile apps. It's far less expensive than physical printing and delivery, better for the environment, and most important of all focuses advertising resources towards a demographic with the disposable income to buy iPhones and the like.

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Michael Roberts has written for Westword since October 1990, serving stints as music editor and media columnist. He currently covers everything from breaking news and politics to sports and stories that defy categorization.

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