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"In any format, through any medium -- isn't an understanding of the events of the day still a salable commodity?" writes David Simon. "Or were we kidding ourselves? Was a newspaper a viable entity only so long as it had classifieds, comics and the latest sports scores?" "The Wire" creator also wonders if there was a moment before the deluge of the Internet when news orgs might have better protected themselves and their product -- when they might have declared that their online advertising would be profitable, and that their websites wouldn't be free. || Comments about Simon from David Carr and Jeffrey Dvorkin. || Read Salon and Slate discussions of "The Wire."