RIP: Post-och Inrikes Tidningar

With a slight touch of irony, the oldest newspaper in the world stopped print publishing.

The world's oldest paper still in circulation has dropped its paper edition and now exists only in cyberspace.  The newspaper, founded in 1645 by Sweden's Queen Kristina, became a Web-only publication on Jan. 1. It's a fate, many ink-stained writers and readers fear, that may await many of the world's most venerable journals.

And if a newspaper is only found online, is it still a newspaper? Larry Kilman of the World Association of Newspapers thinks so: "An online newspaper is still a newspaper, so we'll leave it on the list."