(USA) As newspapers across America shrink in readership, page count and format, the price of the paper they are printed on has been rising, piling yet another worry onto the beleaguered industry.

On the surface, the trend seems counterintuitive. What would drive newsprint costs higher if there are fewer pages flying off the printing press? The answer lies in paper manufacturers' efforts to gauge the rate of the newspaper industry's contraction.

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