Is the Net killing print papers?
p2pnet.net News:- The Net doesn’t mark The End for traditional print newspapers, but publishers shouldn’t be complacent.
The seems to be the bottom line message at the world’s biggest annual print media gathering, organised by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) in Seoul.
“Newspaper circulation rose slightly in 2004, according to the newspaper body,” says the BBC. “But the industry still faces many challenges from new media, some 1,300 delegates were told.
"Newspapers are clearly undergoing a renaissance through new products, new formats, new titles, new editorial approaches, better distribution and better marketing," Timothy Balding, WAN director-general
is quoted as saying.
But he warned that although newspapers’ online revenues were on the increase, this didn’t mean the internet posed no threat to the industry.
“Speakers cautioned against complacency, predicting that free papers, online news sites, and the spread of blogs and other non-mainstream news sources would put growing pressure on the readership of traditional newspapers,” says the BBC.
And, "It is somewhat ironic that in a year in which the newspaper is 400 years old, or perhaps more fittingly, 400 years young, so many media commentators are still suggesting that the game is up for newspapers," said Gavin O’Reilly, WAN’s acting president.
"After 400 years of newspapers rightly dominating the media landscape, and successfully weathering the onslaught of radio, TV and latterly the new digital age, it’s hard to see the full-time whistle blowing quite yet."
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BBC – Newspapers face up to new media, May 31, 2005
June 1st, 2005 at 9:03 pm
It has been a long time since I read any newspaper that has not reeked of Democrat-Republican propaganda. I switched to blogger news last year. After I did so, I was amazed at how many stories are buried by the corporate media. My only concern about Internet new is that there are unsubstantiated reports out there. Unfortunately, the same is true for traditional media as well. I do, however, have a much better selection of news via Internet. When Mr. Heemeyer did what he did in Granby, Colorado, I heard very little about it on the TV and print newspapers.
http://www.geocities.com/northstarzone/BULLDOZER.html
This guy had an unique way of fighting city hall.