In 1999, the end was coming for newspapers. But few were looking for the signs
Briefly

The emergence of the always-on broadband internet, the proliferation of cellphones and other chip-powered gadgets, and the popularity of novel online services inflated a tech bubble that fueled more of those full-page ads.
Like The Times, the newspaper industry as a whole was riding high in 1999, at least on the surface. The big paper chains reported near-record profits that year.
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