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Over the years I have written about how Black newspapers all across America and what they need to do to become a major voice in the Black community again. Let’s look at some web traffic numbers.

From Alexa

Chicago Defender – 419,609
African American News & Issues – 1,799,272
Afro American Newspaper – 296,196
Atlantatribune.com – 3,218,372
Insight News – 2,689,877
National Association of Black Journalists – 875,623
New York Amsterdam News – 1,238,171
New York Beacon – 3,973,439
The Final Call – 151,174
Dallas Weekly – 5,721,342
The Columbus Post – 11,690,785
Philadelphia Tribune On-Line Edition – 4,168,498
Black Press USA – 1,340,816

Now do an Alexa search on some of your favorite Black bloggers and you will find that in most cases they single-handedly are able to generate more traffic than the full staff of most Black newspapers. While these numbers do not reflect offline readership, all the trends throughout the print media industry are pointing to the Internet. Are Black newspapers prepared?

Should there be some sort of partnership between the Black blogosphere and the Black newspaper industry?