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This article talks about why the newspaper industry is important. It also talks about the reasons why the newspaper is valuable.

Very good content for the future part of our presentation. This man is all over the news and google, trying to save the future of newspapers. I think he's defenitly someone we should read about and mention in our presentation

Bezos has already re-defined Amazon by creating the online shopping market we know today. The company transformed its back-end infrastructure into the nation's leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). The Kindle launched e-books into the mainstream, and today, for all intents and purposes, Amazon is the e-book marketplace. Bezos is also biting into the media world with instant video, Amazon Studios, even digital games, not to mention ownership in the Business Insider. Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/06/why-bezos-will-jumpstart-a-new-golden-era-for-the-newspaper-industry/#PzFSYVWgts6sdX84.99

This website talks about how newspapers are failing. They argue that because of free news on the internet and their low/ limited budget they will not survive in the future.

A short video where Chairman Ratner discusses the state of the newspaper industry. Where people get their news, why did Jeff Bezos buy The Post, daily newspaper circulation, local news, advertising

Helpful charts and information regarding the present and future of the newspaper industry. Comparing newspapers to different things like netflix, google, apple, etc.

Talks about why journalism will not die. Claims as long as there are passionate journalist the journalism career can't die.

This is a funny little cartoon image that shows why the internet is failing. I thought it would be a good image to put in our presentation.

This site gives five reasons why the newspaper will survive. For example they argue that smaller newspapers especially will survive because small town, local news won't be printed into bigger papers or on the internet. They also list off what the newspaper industry is doing in order to survive.

The New York Times and its struggle to keep up with the age of technology.

Four years ago, in preparation for the launch of Apple's iPad, Canada's La Presse newspaper started a $40 million investment in building an app - which is free to access to all readers.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he sees a future in which newspapers are like horses - a luxury item for a small group of people, not a mainstream transportation method - but his analogy is both right and wrong.

What do newspaper companies like The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO ) , New York Times (NYSE: NYT ) and Gannett (NYSE: GCI ) have in common? Although they are said to be in a dying industry, so far this year all of them have beaten the Standard & Poor's 500 index performance by a wide margin. What is behind the return of newspaper stocks?

Article about Paul Gillin, founder of Newspaper Death Watch. The article describes his explanations as to why the newspaper industry is dying.

Gives lots and lots of great information(including some vocab) about how and why newspapers are where they are today and the people who helped make it what it is.

This article from CNN provides input about what can be done to improve the newspaper industry and bring in more business. The idea involves changing the quality of the "app" versions of newspapers to fit more to the consumer and other similarities to website versions as well.

good article explaining how and why the n.i is the fasted industry that is declining

John Barth from CNN gives his point of view on whether the newspaper will survive. Talks some about the internet and the effects on the industry.

How the media business is being transformed and disruptive. How will this new change effect business' revenue and their way of advertisement?

Basic information: Who was Gutenberg. What is the Gutenberg Bible. Why are they both important.

explains how and why the newspaper is the most resourceful and truthful source of information compared to the internet, which half the time is filled with false information.

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.

states why newspapers won't survive online and other ways that could make the industry thrive