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Comments on the paper price hike in Canada and its impact on the publishing industry. Questions that need to be asked about the hike's potential for ruining the magazine industry; Supply and demand commodity environment of the paper market; Indications for technologies that will eventually create a `paperless' society; Means by which publishers mean to deal with the crisis; Recommendations for the industry.

Reports on the increase in the prices of paper used in magazines and newspapers in Canada in 1995. Problems in increasing rates to cover the increase; Alternative resources; Signs of cyclical peak in the increase in the prices of paper.

Reports that the increase in paper prices may force Canadian newspaper and magazine publishers to raise advertising rates. Rise in newsprint prices in the United States; Possible advertising rate increases; Efforts on publisher to limit rate hikes.