On Cctober 28, 2008. after 100 years of publishing in print, The Christian Science Monitor announced in Boston that in April 2009 it would become "the first newspaper with a national audience to shift from a daily print format to an online publication that is updated continuously each day.
"The changes at the Monitor will include enhancing the content on CSMonitor.com, starting weekly print and daily e-mail editions, and discontinuing the current daily print format."