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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 2013)
http://news.streetroots.org/ Street Roots ends paper run! Or go to news.streetroots.org for all the news! Out with the old, in the with the new with Street Roots online! STAFF REPORTS hile other newspapers have jibber- jabbered for years about dropping the printed page for a total digital delivery, Street Roots is actually making the leap! As of April 1, Street Roots will be ending its printed publication in favor of an enhanced online media outlet. Hormuth Williams, head of the SR vendor union, says it’s a major step in newspaper, which has grown fi niche paper into a backbone pi W Currently, vendors buy the paper for 25 cents and sell it for $1, keeping the profit How that will work with a strictly online product is not clear. “Yeah, I don’t have the answer to that,” Williams said. “Maybe we should rethink this.” Sue Masters, who is a regular buyer of the paper, says she’ll miss having the printed page, but says she admits it had cut into her smartphone time. “The app is awesome. I don’t even have to stop walking to download the entire paper!” It was long ago when the Portland Tribune made the move to being an online media outlet over the printed page. No word on how that’s will make a similar move in the future. A Street Roots vendor gives a smile and a thumbs up as he makes a sale to a passerby. Customers need only to scan the code aroun his neck to pick up a copy of the paper. Inside DOH! Society News! Droning on Lance Armstrong's inspiring ways have Oregon lawmakers looking to test all cyclists for dope. Chitter chatter about what’s happening in our community. Why do people keep complaining about drones? Page 4 Page 7 Page 17
