Bailouts for failing industries are as hot a political topic as any, so it's fitting in a way that the US Senate has scheduled hearings on the death of newspapers for early next month.
 
However, even if proposed legislation from one majority member of the body that would allow newspapers to operate as 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations were to pass, it would be far from a cure-all for the industry.
 
The model of a nonprofit news organization does ...