"Your hometown paper needs to be ready when that day comes," he added.  Which is why the newspaper is asking its readers  to help experiment with an all-digital day.

Plothow said that a lot of people are not only opposed to the idea of an online-only Monday, they're downright outraged.

"We also know that not everybody has Internet access (it's about 70 percent in eastern Idaho, and growing every year), just as we know that even those who do have the Internet might prefer to read their paper on paper, so to speak. But our mission is to look after this special place now AND for future generations. As you probably know, most folks younger than 35 just give you a funny look when you suggest they might rather read a printed paper than view it online," the editorial reads.

"Wouldn't you feel better knowing that the young of eastern Idaho are keeping up with local current events and not just what's on YouTube?" Plothow asks. "Technology is changing, business models are evolving and news consumption habits are in flux. The newspaper business, in particular, is changing -- many newspapers are faced with serious financial issues. While the Post Register has been spared the worst of these, it is not immune to the financial pressures of changing reader and advertiser habits."

A recent discussion on the JHub questioned whether this site was useful. A short time later, The JHub reported more than 600 participants who had signed up in a little more than a year.

The "old boy network" days of journalism are fading and will soon be gone. Participatory multimedia is here to stay.

That is a good thing.