"The Ann Arbor News" Goes Online: What Are The Ethical Consequences?

The A2 News owner's decision to "close" and move the 174 year old newspaper to an online "outsourced" contractor was both expected and surprising. We have been out and about talking to our friends and other city and area residents. The News' news is very much on their minds. And they have posed a recycling bin's worth of questions with ethics connections.

Here are two of the questions:
1. What are the implications for civil society?
2. How ethical is internet media?

Please tell us your views on the ethics of this decision and its impact.