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Savanna Germain

Newspapers' last and best hope: the internet - 0 views

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    This website talks about how the newspaper industry needs to start reinventing itself in order to stay in competition with other industries. It suggests that embracing the internet will be more beneficial rather than fighting it. It also talks about past industries that have contributed to the decline in newspapers (TV Broadcasting).
Andrew VanNess

The Past Can't Buy the Future for Newspapers - 0 views

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    This article provides a very straightforward approach to what the newspaper industry must do to survive. In a nutshell, newspaper companies must transition their businesses over to be accessed digitally, otherwise they will die out.
Andrew VanNess

Early American Newspaper Advertisements - 0 views

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    This website shows a few pictures of early American newspaper advertisements. Its interesting to see how far newspapers and ads have come since colonial times. These pics could possibly be used in the past section of our pbworks page.
Andrew VanNess

Rieder: Rich Guys Replace Chains as Newspaper Owners - 0 views

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    This is a little article about newspaper chains and how they were run in the past and how they are being dealt with today.
Andrew VanNess

Network Effects - 0 views

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    History of newer technologies influencing the way newspapers are being brought to your doorstep
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    This is an article about the influence on the newspaper industry by the telegraph. Speed was a major revolution in this industry from the invention of the telegraph.
Andrew VanNess

Dynamic Competition in the Newspaper Industry - 1 views

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    This website talks about the competition newspapers have been facing throughout history. It also discusses todays challenges the newspaper industry is facing.
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    This is a TRUSTED SOURCE (The U.S. Department of Justice) describing the challenges that the newspaper industry has faced throughout history, such as the invention of radio and television.
Andrew VanNess

Precursor to Modern Media Hype: The 1830s Penny Press - 1 views

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    This journal article is very descriptive of the turnaround from 6 cent papers to penny papers. It tells the story of Benjamin Day and how he changed past newspapers into the modern, mass media newspapers that we see today (whether print or web). Benjamin Day aimed at a cheaper newspaper with more content for New Yorker's alone, not just businessmen / politicians. In doing so, he also created a business model in which is still being used in some aspects today.
Andrew VanNess

The Printing Press - 0 views

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    This video from the history channel demonstrates the importance of Johannes Gutenburg and the invention of moveable type with the printing press. While aimed more towards the printing of books, the printing press was definitely a major keystone for newspapers and news itself to be spread.
Andrew VanNess

A Brief History of Advertising in America - 1 views

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    This journal article describes how advertisement has changed over the years and how it first appeared in newspapers. Advertisement is an important part of the development of newspapers as it typically brings in a lot of the money for newspapers to continue and grow.
Melinda Snell

The future of newspapers is uncertain; not so the future of journalism - 0 views

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    Arianna Huffington talks about how new technology will play a part in the papers future, but journalism will stay strong since journalists have new ways of gathering more information than in the past
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    As it encapsulates one era that has passed, it also has the potential to expand the era we are in. This combining of the best of traditional media with the potential of digital media represents an opportunity to move from the future of newspapers to the future of journalism - in whatever form it's delivered. After all, despite dire news about the state of the newspaper industry, we are in something of a golden age of journalism for news consumers.
Melinda Snell

John Peter Zenger - 0 views

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    An article and history on John peter zenger and the zenger case trial. This has to do with the past and politics of our industry.
Andrew VanNess

History Channel - Newspapers - 1 views

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    A 55 minute video about the history of newspapers described by the history channel. This video mainly focuses on the history within the United States and how newspapers dealt with major events throughout history, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Andrew VanNess

Articles about "Layoffs/buyouts/staff cuts" - 0 views

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    While not a particular article, this webpage on Poynter provides multiple accounts for which newspaper companies are laying off workers in the past couple weeks / months. Could be useful in providing statistics for how the newspaper industry is declining.
Andrew VanNess

History of Comic Strips - 0 views

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    An interesting webpage describing a brief history of comic strips in newspapers. The author of the page brings up how characters like Popeye and Tarzan were created through comic strips in newspapers.
Andrew VanNess

Birth of the Inverted Pyramid: A Child of Technology, Commerce and History - 1 views

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    Another article about the inverted pyramid style of organization. This describes the history of inverted pyramid and how changes to traditional story telling have changed because of it.
Andrew VanNess

Writing from the Top Down: Pros and Cons of the Inverted Pyramid - 0 views

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    This is an article about why the inverted pyramid style of organization is controversial in journalism today. This is a helpful article for understanding how this style of writing developed over the years, and how it is now considered outdated.
Andrew VanNess

Comics Timeline - 0 views

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    This is a timeline of comic strips in newspapers. This is an important piece to the history of newspapers since it accounts for some of the revenue that physical newspapers create.
Andrew VanNess

The Founding of the Associated Press - 0 views

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    This webpage goes more in-depth of the history of the Associated Press in 1848 than the book does. The Associated Press is when six New York newspapers combined together to make a wire service.
Andrew VanNess

How Did the Invention of the Radio Effect the Profitability or Circulation of Newspapers? - 2 views

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    This is an article that describes how radio first effected the newspaper, as well as how it has still made an impact on it.
Andrew VanNess

Media in the 1930's - 2 views

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    This website shows how the newspaper industry was effected by the Great Depression in the 1930's. Accordingly, the newspaper industries profits were halved, while the radio industry doubled profits.
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