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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:52:00 PDT</pubDate>
<title>Buggy Whip Newsprint Maker Looks To Avoid Bankruptcy</title>
<dc:creator>Mike Masnick</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ It's common to point to "buggy whip" makers as an example of a business that was eventually (mostly) destroyed by a new technology -- though, to be fair, the buggy whip makers were secondary victims.  It was the horse-carriage industry that was knocked out by automobiles.  The buggy whips were a second order casualty.  The same thing may now be happening with newsprint paper makers.  While newspapers are struggling left and right, one of the major newsprint suppliers is now <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/business/20paper.html?_r=2&#038;ref=todayspaper" target="_new">struggling to avoid bankruptcy as well</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090320/1139014197.shtml">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090320/1139014197.shtml#comments">Comments</a> | <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090320/1139014197.shtml?op=sharethis">Email This Story</a><br />
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