The End Of Newspapers

June, 2008

In our online era, newspapers are finished, right? The new news barons see opportunity where others see collapseIN OUR ONLINE ERA, NEWSPAPERS ARE FINISHED, RIGHT? THE NEW NEWS BARONS SEE OPPORTUNITY WHERE OTHERS SEE COLLAPSEIhe thud that announces the delivery of the daily newspa­per is neither an ancient nor a sacred sound, but it used to be essential to the American morn­ing. Your parents, like their parents and grandparents before them, took part in the ritualistic scrutiny of the paper. The...