by: Amotz Asa-El | MarketWatch

Successive cutbacks throughout Tel Aviv’s print-media industry have cost hundreds of jobs, and only last week Israel’s most influential daily, Ha’aretz, reportedly told its employees that the closely held company’s financial situation is “severe” and it will be shedding another 20% of its 400 editorial employees.

However, as publishers and journalists throughout the world seek salvation, a severely ill Israeli daily may be about to unwittingly launch a simple model for national newspapers’ survival.