Apart from largely acknowledging he's not an acknowledged expert, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark does his best to fend off pointed questions about the future of the newspaper from the Los Angeles Times in this recent exchange.
He does suggest there is a future in paid-for subscription content among the upper-middle-class and up. Hardly cheery prospect, but at least he (and others recently) open the door to business models emerging for print in the digital sphere.