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Will UK newspaper The Independent shut down by the end of the year?

Background: The UK newspaper print industry is suffering from falling readership, advertising sales and job cuts. Among the smallest and least profitable is The Indie - but will the paper itself last the year?

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Yes
16%
No
84%
Question suspends in 5 weeks

Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 11:59pm PST (5 weeks to go)

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

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Created Sat 7th Mar 5:54am PST by blippa

Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 11:59pm PST (5 weeks to go) details

 

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bohnanza predicted No (H$500 at 84%)
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Comments (4)

  1 oocares
The Independent used to be my favourite, but I stopped paying for newspapers years ago when most of the content became available online.....
posted 36 weeks ago
The Independent is very nice to Hubdub. I am sure we should refrain from slagging them off.

The Independent is a fine newspaper; but it is losing market share in a shrinking market.
posted 36 weeks ago
  3 blippa
no-one's slagging them off.
i love the indie
posted 36 weeks ago
  4 scary
Story here about the Independent being bought by the new owner of The Evening Standard: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/12/daily-mail-general-trust-stake-alexander-lebedev-independent
posted 23 weeks ago

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