Newspapers are dead! Long live newspapers!

There's a real paradox in the decline of the daily newspaper. On the one hand, it's clear that consumers are in the driver's seat as to how they're going to get their information, and as "Generation C"(ontent) coming of age, the digital tipping point is nigh.

But, in the words of Ed Wasserman:

There is still nothing that can rivet the attention of a community the way its daily paper does.

Exhibit: Baseball fan's scramble to get copies of papers declaring the Sox' World Championship. They aren't selling screenshots on Ebay.