Panel debate to discuss whether the age of newsprint is really over

Media Society to stage event as Johnston Press acquires i and Trinity Mirror launches a new title amid continuing decline in newspaper readershipJust after the Independent stops publishing its newsprint version, the Media Society is staging a panel debate, Is this the end of print?The final ink-on-paper version of the Indy will appear on the streets on Saturday 26 March, with the Independent on Sunday due to close the previous weekend. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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