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First in a weekly series of Canwest News Service reports on

David Akin writes: In the first of a series we look at the siege mentality that is gripping the newspaper industry as once-mighty publications stop their presses for good.

He also writes: Many newspaper divisions in Canada, including Canwest's, continue to report an operating profit. Publicly traded companies like Torstar Corp. or Quebecor Inc. are not required to report financial results for individual titles but say that, by and large, their newspaper operations are more than covering the cost of paying their bills.