Detroit's two newspapers apparently needed confirmation that no longer delivering their paper most days was a terrible idea. They got it: GM's CEO was fired the first day they stopped delivering.

Whoops.

But the nespapers' plan to deliver the news online, in the manner of the future, worked, right? Let's ask the Times:

The computers delivering the e-editions could not keep up on Monday morning, and many people were unable to load them...

“We had an overwhelming — literally overwhelming — number of people trying to get onto the e-edition site this morning...” said Jonathan Wolman, editor and publisher of The News...

Oh, my. Well, what about those printed old-timey newspapers available at stores and so forth?

“I don’t have time to stop at the store,” said [Nancy Nester, 51]. “That’s why I have home delivery... There was this feeling of emptiness.”

Well, that's an achievement: Making a resident of Detroit somehow feel more hopeless and empty inside. Also: Making Detroit officially the most depressing town in America. (For now.)

[NY Times]