I mean, really, has it come to this?

It began Tuesday. Readers of the Miami Herald's website are being asked, or offered the opportunity, to make donations to what was once one of the more dignified broadsheets in the United States. Meanwhile, News Cycle reported this week that at least 15,000 people have lost their jobs in the newspaper industry in 2009.

Are newspapers going the way of elevator operators? Will only the boutique brands survive (like the boutique buildings in Manhattan that still wield the men who take you up that elevator)? Or, is non-profit the future?

For now, this holiday season, go to the Herald if can spare a dime for journalism. It's the season of giving, after all.

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