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Savanna Germain

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

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Newspaper best hope internet

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  • Savanna Germain on 14 Sep 13
     
    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).
Jenna Peterfeso

A Bright Future for Newspapers  | American Journalism Review - 0 views

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future competitive advantages

shared by Jenna Peterfeso on 15 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • If present readership trends continue indefinitely, says the University of North Carolina professor, the last daily newspaper reader will check out in 2044. October 2044, to be exact.
  • Compared with the rest of the media industry, newspapers are doing no worse, and in some respects quite a bit better, than the competition, including the Internet.
  • The major fear in the newspaper industry is that today's young people won't grow into the next generation of readers.
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  • Newsgathering power.
  • Monopoly status.
  • So how do newspapers fit into this dynamic cosmos? Nicely, I'd say. Consider just a few unique competitive advantages that newspapers (still) enjoy:
  • Localism.
  • The best customers.
  • Lots of attention.
  • Brand-name recognition.
  • Historic profitability.
  • Jenna Peterfeso on 15 Sep 13
     
    An optimistic article about the future of newspapers, including a list of competitive advantages that the newspaper industry still has. 
Jenna Peterfeso

The Dire State of the Newspaper Industry [STATS] - 0 views

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statistics present advertising journalism online extinction blogs

shared by Jenna Peterfeso on 24 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • In 2008, newspapers made $37.848 billion. Yes, they made a full $10 billion more last year than they did this year, a staggering drop of 27.2%. Nearly all of that loss was from print:
  • In 2000, newspapers peaked at $48.67 billion in revenue. This came entirely from print
  • The old newspaper model is simply not going to be market-viable as we head deeper in the digital age
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  • News blogs (such as Mashable) and online reporting are the future of journalism.
  • The ones that embrace the online space faster and more effectively have the best chance for survival.
  • Jenna Peterfeso on 24 Sep 13
     
    Statistics on the present state of newspapers. A chart from the Newspaper Association of America showing advertising expenditures.  "Journalism is not dead, it is just evolving."
  • Jenna Peterfeso on 24 Sep 13
     
    Statistics on the present state of newspapers. A chart from the Newspaper Association of America showing advertising expenditures.  "Journalism is not dead, it is just evolving."
Melinda Snell

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

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newspaper future Online article Business

shared by Melinda Snell on 23 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Samantha VanTassel on 23 Sep 13
     
    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
  • Melinda Snell on 11 Oct 13
     
    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.
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