From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

With circulation falling from coast to coast, are American newspapers about to fold.

I'm Mark Cooper, sitting in for Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The reports coming in from American newsrooms are ominous, budget cuts, rollbacks in reporting, and falling circulation.

It's a seismic shake-up in the world of print journalism. Today,

and to the point, are American newspapers doomed? Will they be replaced by the web? Later on

reporter's notebook, the latest polls are in on the 2008 presidential race, Hillary Clinton's

way ahead of the other Democrats, but she's trailing John McCain.

First, here's the news.

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I'm Mark Cooper, sitting in for

Warren Alney, back with To the Point from PRI. Is Google replacing Time magazine? Does the New York Times

really have to compete with the Drudge Report? There's a growing sense of crisis in the world of

print journalism, shrinking budgets, falling circulation, and

migrating eyeballs. Today, we'll look at the precarious future of American newspapers, and later

on reporter's notebook, Who's Up and Who's Down in the early 2008 presidential polls?

But first, this news update. South Dakota U.S. Senator Tim Johnson remains in

intensive care today. That's after undergoing surgery last night for brain hemorrhage. A statement

from his office says the senator is recovering without complication, that he remains in stable but

critical condition, but there's no long-term prognosis.

Hanging in the balance is not only Senator Johnson's life, but the fragile, incoming

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