I began writing this as a comment on Steve Buttry’s blog, which today has two posts about a Lancaster, Pa., newspaper’s new paywall on its online obituaries for out-of-town viewers. I was reacting to the editor’s response to Steve’s initial post criticizing the move, but I figured I have a little more to say about it than just a comment.

What newspapers are doing failing to do with their obituary business model should be frighteningly familiar to them by now.
Newspapers: I think it’s very predictable that someone is going to come …