NEWPAPERS ARE IN TROUBLE...
THEIR ADVERTISING IS EXPENSIVE...AND OF LIMITED REACH.
MOST YOUNGER CONSUMERS DON'T READ THE PAPERS ANYMORE.
THE WEB HAS BEEN EATING THE PAPERS LUNCH SLOWLY WITH SITES LIKE CRAIGSLIST, GOOGLE AND YAHOO....
REPORTAGE WAS DECLINED AS LOW WAGE OR PART-TIME JOURNALISTS ABOUND.
THE WEB IS CHEAP, FAST AND DELIVERY IS EASY... PAPER NEWS IS SLOW, DIRTY AND HARD TO DELIVER IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER...
IN SHORT...THE NEWSPAPERS HAVE MET THEIR VERSION OF GUTTENBURG... IF GUTTENBURG MADE THE SCRIBES REDUNDANT...SO TOO THE WEB HAS BEEN THE DEATH KNELL OF PRINT JOURNALISM...
BUT WAIT...
COULD THE NEWSPRINT INDUSTRY FIND A NEW NICHE...SORT OF LIKE THE MOVIES DID WHEN TV WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE REPLACED THEM...?
PERHAPS....
BUT REMEMBER WHEN THE CAR REPLACE THE HORSE... THE HORSE NEVER DID COME BACK...
