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In newspaper parlance, the term "news hole" refers to the amount of space in an issue devoted to news content, as opposed to advertisements, for example. Fearless editors fight tooth and nail to keep that space as broad as possible for the copy their heroic and brilliant reporters bring, panting, to the news desks. At least, that's what every movie I've ever seen set in a newspaper operation shows.
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These days, the term could apply to the "hole" or chasm, into which newspapers are falling, never to be heard from again, like Denver's Rocky Mountain News; others teeter on the rim, like the San Francisco Chronicle. The challenge to newspapers from steadily eroding print circulation and plummeting advertising revenues left many clinging to the hope that their online websites might pick up the slack. But the economic turmoil in which we all find ourselves has left that hope even more fragile than before.
Ironically, more people are reading newspapers these days and younger readers, the ones without a newspaper reading...
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