Economist tolls death knell for newspapers

The Economist is one of the most successful weekly magazines in the world, with a worldwide circulation of 1.1 million; it sells more than 55,000 copies every issue in Canada. It's popular and influential and when it talks about a trend, people listen. So it is (startling/depressing/nerve-wracking) to have this week's one-two punch (a leading article and the feature that backs it up) about the