If you can't beat them join them. In what is believed to be a first, a well-known daily newspaper has just announced that it will stop printing a daily paper but will continue to 

There won't be as many newspapers in 
the trash in Madison, Wisconsin when 
their daily paper goes all digital in April. 

operate as a web publication only. The Capital Times, a newspaper that has been publishing continuously since 1917 in the state capital city of Madison, Wisconsin said it is making the move in "an effort to fully embrace the future of news." The switchover is to take place on April 30. 

The paper's Associate Editor John Nichols told Editor & Publisher magazine "It is hard to be an afternoon daily newspaper in the world of 24/7 television and the Internet. It is hard to keep fresh and current." Nichols added  that traffic to the paper's website (which benefits from being located on Madison.com) has soared in recent years, making the time right to go all digital. We are sure his paper won't be the last to make this decision, but The Capital Times now has the distinction of marking a key turning point in media history.

(Posted Feb. 8, 2008)