Christian Science Monitor abandons print

Two months ago, we carried an item about how the Christian Science Monitor had reinvented itself, giving priority to its website, though continuing to publish and sell a print edition of 55,000. Well, the other shoe has dropped as the Monitor has announced that it is abandoning its print edition. In light of that, managing publisher Jonathan Wells's comment in August takes on new meaning: "We had to face up to a lot of these economic pressures well before other newspapers."

John Yemma, The Monitor's editor, said that moving to the web only will mean it can keep its eight foreign bureaus open while still lowering costs.

"We have the luxury — the opportunity — of making a leap that most newspapers will have to make in the next five years."