For SALE," read the three banners hanging on the wall outside of Balai Surabaya Post on Jalan Sudirman, Surabaya, East Java. Loyal readers of the city's afternoon daily must have been jolted with shock when they saw those banners. Certainly, it is not easy for them to accept the reality that their local newspaper is closing down, while various regional newspapers are making headway in other cities. It is even more difficult to accept the demise