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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

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

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.

An optimistic article about the future of newspapers, including a list of competitive advantages that the newspaper industry still has. 

i thought this was usefull because it show us the history of one of our own local papers

thought this was something we might want to use if we are going to refrence local papers

If the digital revolution has done nothing else, it has exposed the extent to which American newspapers have relied on their quasi-monopolistic control over local advertising markets to fund news operations. CW Anderson, Emily Bell, and Clay Shirky, in their valuable report last year, called it a "subsidy," and that's a provocative way to put it.

The newspaper/e-edition is divided into a variety of different sections such as Local, Sports, Business, Living, Weather, etc. Within each section, readers see different headlines, photographs, artwork and stories on each page. The Media In Education (MIE) program has created a number of activities which can be used to encourage students to see more than just the words and photographs. Instead, they can take it a step further and challenge their minds to further develop what they see and read. The following MIE ideas offer ways for students of all ages to learn with newspaper projects that are fun and creative.

Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos formally took over as the owner of The Washington Post on Tuesday, officially ending 80 years of local control of the newspaper by the Graham family.

Thirty-one people in multiple departments were laid off. The newspaper's new owner has said the goal is less redundancy and better local news coverage.