Going online also helps newspapers reach a global audience, a factor that is particularly important for British papers that can count on a massive worldwide English-speaking readership.
Industry-wide in Europe -- as elsewhere -- it's not yet clear whether Internet growth will be able to soon offset declining print revenues.
But there are positive signs: Le Monde's Patino said that after recent loss-making years, the paper was expected to break even or make a profit this year entirely thanks to online services making up for print losses.
Peter Wuertenberger, managing director for Axel Springer's Welt/Berliner Morgenpost newspaper publishing group, said Internet revenues are growing 20-50 percent year-on-year, depending on the Web site.
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