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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

Discusses the idea of a National Endowment for Journalism.

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

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.

Maitrayee Basu reviews the legacy of New Journalism, and sees the signs of postmodern times in its two-pronged assault on literary hierarchy and the ideal of objectivity

Different newspaper types and formats, including broadsheets, berliner format, tabloids, etc. 

An article by Jeff Mascot who believes there is no possible way for the newspaper industry to survive. 

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 is a cool websites that talks about how technology will impact our newspapers. It describes what sort of things this new digital newspaper will be able to do. For example it will tell you what's going on where you live, but also automatically know where you are.

The future of newspapers and issuing a paywall. Also talks about a metered paywall. New business models. 

Another really nice chart about how Americans get their news now in 2013. Great visual for the present part of our presentation.

Newspapers discovering new successful business models using innovation, rebranding, web consulting, and generating new revenue channels. 

If news papers and newsrooms die off... here is one of the major issue in the present and future of news

This article gives us a possible outlook on the future of online newspaper websites. Video journalism is an emerging trend, and it provides greater economical benefits from its advertisements than regular web based ads. This can help move some forms of online news from paywalls to being "free to the public", since they make up for profits with advertisements.

The earliest written news is known as the Acta Diurna. This form of news, which was usually either carved into stone or metal, was developed in Ancient Rome. Julius Caesar was responsible for allowing it to become available to the public.

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.

Has this newspaper changed in your lifetime? Yes, it has. It's changed in the last year alone. It's evolved many times in its 146-year history, and it will continue to do so as it reflects the makeup of our community. The mere fact The News-Review has been in existence for 146 years and remains a daily habit for 32,000 readers ought to make you skeptical of reports that say newspapers are dying.

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.

Proposed legislation by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the so-called "Free Flow of Information Act," which cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 12, would restrict protections afforded to the media under the principle of freedom of the press to salaried journalists, according to ActivistPost.com.

Founded by New York University graduate Phil Groman (who now joins NBC's digital team), theyet-to-launch web service Stringwire lets users stream content from phones. Per the official release from NBC, Stringwire was created as a service for news organizations to request video from a network of verified contributors with connected mobile devices capable of streaming video across the globe. The service is part of NBC News' strategy to create different methods of eyewitness accounts that can be immediately connected to the newsroom and distributed to the public.