Is this the end of print newspapers?

One newspaper is done, and another has quit publishing a print edition, switching totally to publishing on the web. Is this the future?

One paper is Madison, WI, and the other is in Albuquerque, NM. Here are the news stories:

"Madison's afternoon newspaper, The Capital Times, will move to an all-Internet edition in a transition that could be the first of its kind in the struggling industry.

The 17,000-circulation newspaper announced the changes to staff and in a story published on its Web site Thursday. The moves include publishing twice-weekly free print editions."

The complete story is here: http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/02/07/afx4628758.html



The second story:

The Albuquerque Tribune will publish its last edition tomorrow. Here is the story:

http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2008/feb/20/saturday-will-mark-last-edition-albuquerque-tribun/

"The Trib's daily circulation in January was about 9,600, Casaus said. In 1988, the newspaper sold about 42,000 copies a day."



Newspapers are dying. It's sad to see them go, but the costs of production and distribution is killing them. Print is going by the wayside, it seems...I think more photographs will be used on the web than ever.