After 51 years of writing for the Village Voice, Nat Hentoff has been laid off.  In addition to his clumn at the Voice, Hentoff writes for a variety of publications, including JazzTimes.  The internet, the economy, and shrinking attention spans are clearly affecting writers in ways much like musicians face.  It will be interesting to see how much longer publications like the Voice can continue and how many will fare the rest of this storm to see the other side.

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