Newspaper survival (was: Can Citadel Broadcasting survive?)

[Doug Drown]

>Ask yourself this question? When was the last time you saw a newspaper 
>headline about a story you didn't already know?

Ah --- therein lies the future of newspapers, if they have a future.  Yes, 
the headlines can be found elsewhere, and the papers are the last to make 
them known.  But newspapers can cover stories in depth, particularly local 
stories, in a way that most other media can't (or won't).   The question is 
whether most people want that.

-Doug

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Subject: Re: Newspaper survival (was: Can Citadel Broadcasting survive?)


> It is a little scary to be on the subway and the only newspaper you
> see being read is the Metro.
>
> News junkies today are flocking to Google News which is like having
> thousands of newspapers at your desk.
>
> The Boston papers were wounded by the loss of Filenes which reduced
> the number of full page ads. Classifieds are virtually extinct. I
> doubt the Herald will be around in 2 years. They have been dropping
> comic strips like Wizard of Id because they can't afford them.
>
> Ask yourself this question? When was the last time you saw a newspaper
> headline about a story you didn't already know?