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IMHO, if newspapers and magazines need to be saved, then the problem is the content, not the form.
I think that publications' biggest problem today is that nobody wants to buy what they are selling. I don't think that will change when the content becomes downloadable.
I can imagine, sort of, that in the 21st century there will be digital publications which will replace the newspapers and magazines of the 20th century. But I think that the publications of today will become a thing of the past.
As a simple example (and I don't want to start an argument about this), a Gallup poll of a couple of months ago found that only ca. 22% of Americans consider themselves liberals, yet nearly all metro daily newspapers are liberal. This is not to pass judgment on the newspapers themselves - only to say that there are not enough liberals to keep them afloat. That won't change just because paper and fuel costs are eliminated.
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