Just 18% of Americans say daily newspapers will never go out of business, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

Sixty-five percent (65%) of adults expect daily papers to be gone within the next 10 years, including 17% who predict it will take less than three years.

Among those ages 18 to 29, 83% give print newspapers 10 years or less to survive. Their elders are more optimistic.

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When asked what they would miss most about daily papers, half (51%) didn’t cite any editorial content. That includes 22% who will miss nothing, 20% who will miss ads or coupons, and 9% who are not sure.

That may be one reason that most Americans are confident that online news sources will make up the difference and report things people want to know about if many newspapers go out of business. Most now find online reporting comparable to that in their local newspaper.

Twenty-six percent (26%) say local news is the thing they would miss most, followed by editorials or commentaries (5%), sports (4%), comics (3%), obituaries (3%) and other (9%).

Most Americans (56%) buy a paper once a week or less. That includes 37% who rarely or never buy a print version of their local newspaper.

Adults under 40 are more likely to get news from the Internet than from newspapers. Nearly half (46%) of all adults under the age of 40 say they rarely or never buy the print edition of their local paper.

Those over 50 still tend to get more information from newspapers, but television is tops.

Among all adults, 69% prefer reading a printed version of the paper to reading it online. Twenty-four (24%) give the edge to the paper’s online edition.

The credibility of newspapers and other media has declined in recent years. Just 24% have a favorable opinion of the New York Times. Most Americans believe that reporters tend to make the economy worse than it really is and that reporters hype global warming in the same way. During Election 2008, most believed that reporters were actively trying to help Barack Obama win. Additionally, few believed that reporters would release information if they thought it would hurt their preferred candidate.

Still, 37% favor federal government subsidies to keep newspapers in business, but 43% say it’s better to let the papers go out of business,

Fifty-eight percent (58%) believe it is very important for a community to have a daily print newspaper.

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