The New Yorker is cogitating on the future of the newspaper here.
The story is being discussed on Slashdot here:
Slashdot | Are Newspapers Doomed?
The current problems of newspapers stem from falling advertising revenue from retail and real estate. But there’s a more basic problem, which is that the percentage of subscribers has halved in the past 40 years. I think that’s related to the ongoing trend of illiteracy and preference for having someone read something to you rather than reading it for yourself.
The thought of there being no local newspaper for many American cities, something envisaged in the article, is just amazing. So who will record the events of a dwelling-place for millions of people? Newspapers are a permanent record. Online news is ephemeral, free to be edited whenever the desire strikes, with no guarantee that it’ll last beyond the next server crash or site redesign.
To say that blogs will cover the gap is misguided. Most blogs (even this one) comment on and react to news generated by major media, including newspapers and magazines. Blogs exist in co-operation with newspapers, not in their place.
I don’t quite know the answer to this problem, but the future looks bleak.
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