Is the business 'White paper' dead?

From Wikipedia:

A

white paper

is an authoritative report or guide that helps solve a problem. White papers are used to educate readers and help people

make decisions

, and are often requested and used in politics, policy, business, and technical fields. In commercial use, the term has also come to refer to documents used by businesses as a

marketing

or

sales

tool. Policy makers frequently request white papers from universities or academic personnel to assist policy developers with expert opinions or relevant research.

When someone produces a white paper these days, what's the likelihood that it will have broad distribution before the content becomes stale or dated? It seems to me the papers created to educate