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Article: OBITUARY CHANGE `AN OPPORTUNITY'
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- January 20, 2002
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The Evansville Courier & Press on Tuesday will begin offering
families the chance to memorialize their loved ones in print and on
the Internet as part of a new paid obituary policy.
The switch to paid obituaries is part of a newspaper industry
trend.
"In most newspapers our size across the country this is common,"
said Evansville Courier & Press President and Publisher Vince Vawter.
As at most newspapers that have made the move to charge for
obituaries, the decision hasn't come without soul-searching.
"In the past several years, we have had more and more requests to
expand our obituary content, and we have obviously had to set some
limitations," Vawter said. "We have always considered ...