The Future of Newspapers

re: The Future of Newspapers

DannyLMcDaniel — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:11:08 GMT

American newspapers and the United Nations have one thing in common: if you didn't have them, you would soon find out you needed them. Newspapers have hit a rough patch the past half-a-decade or so but with time you will see them re-emerge in a form and ownership scale of that of their early early years. You will see more local ownership, smaller circulation numbers, and heavy local content; that is local stories that are tied to big global issues. Big newspapers that are corporate owned are a thing of the past. In the next 10 years you will see a "back-to-the-future" journalism, newspaper world. Newspapers are not relegated to the trash bin of history - far from it!

Danny L. McDaniel
Lafayette, Indiana

re: The Future of Newspapers

Shelly — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:20:29 GMT

Similar concerns shared by others.

http://blog.newscred.com/?p=184

re: The Future of Newspapers

JukkaPaulin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:56:46 GMT

PR will have its say in this matter! :) It's an interesting idea, towards a truly transparent financial society. Aggregation and per-user customization of the data would probably well accompany this realtime streaming. Then there's of course a question whether we're starting to skid into a multiple-truths snapshot of the society, where people don't get the same information anymore.

re: The Future of Newspapers

reutersnewsgeek — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:48:32 GMT

Although American Newspapers are dying mostly it's the general news and local

papers big business newspapers because of the global economic downturn

although digital market data is king, most finance professionals still rely on

print papers like the FT or the Wall Street Journal for financial news even

the big business channels like Bloomberg and CNBC use the FT's or the

Journal's News for accurate reporting, so yes digital is domainting

but there will still be print papers in business news.

re: The Future of Newspapers

Artifexicis — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:46:35 GMT

Simply, if today's newspapers focused on providing real news to use they would not have such a great challenge in attracting today's more information savvy audience. In the age of the multimedia interactive Internet, user-friendly search engines and a multitude of informative blogs, newspapers must do better in providing truly informed perspectives and relevance about news and events in a more reader-friendly format.

With alternative local and global outlets (print and online) for acquiring up-to-the-minute news, consumers are no longer willing to fall for the bait and switch of many so-called newspapers providing nothing that's new. Reassessing the difference between providing truly substantive news and information versus typographical filler and fluff may save a newspaper's brand (both print and online versions) from becoming relatively irrelevant.