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by David Safier

Yet another Arizona paper which has performed a valuable journalistic service is shutting down. The East Valley Tribune will be ending both its newspaper and online presences at the end of the year.

One less news source means some stories will slip by unreported, and other papers, pushed to better journalism by the sting of competition, may grow more complacent.

We're in the midst of a sea change of some kind. The outcome is far from certain.