I’m not disagreeing with you now. That post is from 2008. If they had any chance to change, they missed it. I just hope Matt Artz keeps his job as long as possible.

The majority of people that subscribe to a hard copy vs. going on-line are two separate audiences.

Pulling the web site will only serve to limit the readership to only those already subscribing.
New readership is going to have to come from the web.

(hard copy readers are a dying breed.)
Soon the only people that read a physical newaper will be the same people that use a phone book to find a plumber.

The local papers have to find another way to make their income.
The environment has changed, and like anything the first ones to adapt will be one ones to thrive.

The argus should move the opposite direction.
Provide a really great web site with local information. Reviews for local businesses, local products and of course local news.

If they were clever, their site could be the first place I look when I want to find a plumber…

Something ANG needs to think about is, why should people buy the paper when they give the articles away for free online? Locals subscribe to the Argus for the local news. If that information is only available to subscribers, people will be more likely to subscribe.