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When was the last time you checked a newspaper to see what's playing at a movie theater, or to find out how your favorite sports team did? If you're like most Americans, it's probably been a while, Stijn Debrouwere writes. Instead you go to a web site that specializes in that subject: "Much of what they facilitate or do doesn’t look like journalism at all," Debrouwere says. "But you’d be naive if you thought their services aren’t often consumed instead of news."