Buffett: Hard Times Ahead for Papers

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Investment guru Warren Buffett predicted hard times for the newspaper industry Sunday, a day after holding his company’s annual shareholder’s meeting.

The Internet is scooping newspapers — not only on news, but in cheap accessibility, said Buffett, chairman of one of Wall Street’s top success stories, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

The company owns The Buffalo News, a daily newspaper in Buffalo, N.Y.

While Buffett still reads newspapers, he more often finds himself turning to his computer for news these days, he said, and suspects others do, too.

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