Still More Bad News re Newspapers

Gives me a sick feeling. But, I must admit, I've gone from being a daily newspaper reader to only an occasional one. I usually only buy Sunday papers during the football season. I get most of my news from links on the internet.

The sickening part is that the links always go to newpapers without them seeing a dime.

I can't imagine the republic with only TV news. Yikes.
 
As newspapers continue to struggle, you can prepare to forget about accountability among your elected and appointed officials. The electronic media don't give a **** about uncovering injustice unless it involves some popular culture celeb.

Print journalists are the only diggers left, and their profession is dying.

It makes me sad, because I was a print journalist and my husband still is.
 
On the other hand, as someone who works at a newspaper; I can tell you that many times local government officials operate outside their bounds as well. Refusing Freedom of Information requests, lying, coverups etc....
 
There is Internet Advertising and it does pay the newspapers for the space on their websites. Don't feel sorry for the newspapers, they are able to generate revenue with far fewer people, it is called tecnology. The workers need to re-educate or learn a new trade now before that job is gone. The writing was on the wall when you clicked on ESPN.com for the first time or Wall Street Journal.com for the first time.
 
I had a newspaper guy point out to me something this morning... almost ALL of the papers closing are in a 2 paper town, and it is as much competition as the current economy.

Anyone in Dallas remember the days when there was the Herald, the Times, and the Morning news?
Then the Herald and Times merged.... Dallas Times Herald.... then it was no more.

There is no doubt the way people use media and get newspaper info is changing... but.... a great deal of this is just good ol' fashioned competition.
These insights are what a guy in the business side of newspapers told me.
 
The competition angle doesn't work on its own. The Seattle P-I and the Rocky Mountain News operated for 150 years apiece before essentially closing in the last 90 days.

The same is true for the tiny Albuquerque Tribune, which operated down the hall from the bigger, duller Albuquerque Journal.

It won't hold up in a year when a place like San Francisco or Miami loses its major metropolitan paper. And they will.
 
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