The New Yorker has a very good article titled The News Business: Out of Print.
This article has some very interesting, but not new, observations about the death of the newspaper. An interesting statistic is that only 18% of individuals 18-34 claim to look at a newspaper on a daily basis. If the young are not reading the newspaper, it is only a matter of time before they cannot afford to continue publishing.
I think it is obvious that newspapers are being replaced by the internet. However, with the wealth of information on the internet, who filters this data for us? Continue reading →