Editing CompuServe (section)

===Newspapers===
In July 1980, working with ''[[Associated Press]]'', CompuServe began hosting text versions of the ''[[Columbus Dispatch]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Virginian-Pilot|Virginian-Pilot and Ledger Star]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'', ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', and ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' were added in 1981; additional newspapers followed.

Although accessing articles in these newspapers comprised 5% of CompuServe's traffic, reading an entire newspaper using this method was impractical; the text of a $0.20 print edition newspaper would take two to six hours to download at a cost of $5 per hour (after 6 p.m.).<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/5WCTn4FljUQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090213044938/http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite news |last=Newman |first=Steve |year=1981 |title=Electronic Newspapers |publisher=KRON |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCTn4FljUQ |access-date=January 15, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>