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Jenna Peterfeso

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

  • 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.
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    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."
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    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

Goodbye to Newspapers? - 0 views

  • Its advertising and circulation are being drained away by the Internet, and its owners seem stricken by a failure of the entrepreneurial imagination needed to prosper in the electronic age.
  • Surveys showing that more and more young people get their news from television and computers
  • Rupert Murdoch
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  • but it was the disclosure in May that the Bancroft family, which controls The Wall Street Journal, might be ready to sell him their paper for five billion dollars that really struck at journalism’s soul.
  • . Still, it is on the ownership and management side that the gravest problems exis
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    A long article about the present state of newspapers. Includes information about selling the Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdoch. Includes names of many journalists that may be important. 
Melinda Snell

How Do Americans Get Their News in 2013? - 0 views

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

Video: A behind-the-scenes glimpse into how this newspaper gets made - YouTube - 0 views

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    A behind the scenes look at how a newspaper is made, might be a good clip to show for our presentation. 
John Anderl

SXSWi director Hugh Forrest on journalism's social media challenge | Poynter. - 0 views

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

Newspapers: By the Numbers - 0 views

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    This article from State of the Media gives many different statistics about how the newspaper industry is holding up nowadays. The majority of these statistics are graphs showing how advertisement revenue is increasing and decreasing based upon it being online / print. Most of this information is from 1990 to present day.
Melinda Snell

The state of the news media in 2013 - 0 views

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    The ups and the downs of the present day newspaper industry are shown within this article. Statistics are provided to show the decrease in size, and the transition into the digital era is also explained.
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    Newspapers: Stabilizing, but Still Threatened By Rick Edmonds of the Poynter Institute and Emily Guskin, Amy Mitchell and Mark Jurkowitz of the Pew Research Center Updated July 18, 2013 If the newspaper industry had theme music in 2013, it might use "Been down so long it looks like up to me," the much-recycled line from a 1920s blues song.
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    An aritcle writen by the pew research center, on how newspapers are changing and what they are doing to try to save the newspapers in the future. Includes many graphs and statistics also.
Jered Wilcox

why-bezos-will-jumpstart-a-new-golden-era-for-the-newspaper-industry/ - 0 views

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    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
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    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
Savanna Germain

Failing Newspaper Cartoon Image - 0 views

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    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.
Jenna Peterfeso

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

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

7 thoughts on a week that shook the newspaper industry - 0 views

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    A short article with 7 major recent things that shook the newspaper industry.
Melinda Snell

Charts: Why the newspaper industry collapsed - 0 views

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

Top 10 reasons the newspaper is dying - 0 views

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    This website is a glimpse into the future of newspapers. The website suggest 10 factors that are aiding the decline of the newspaper such as; internet, cost, aging audience, etc.
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    Article listing 1 through 10 the main reasons the newspaper industry is dying. Includes brief descriptions of each
Jenna Peterfeso

Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable Clay Shirky - 0 views

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    Clay Shirkey's opinion on the future of newspapers. 
Jenna Peterfeso

The Sorry State of the Newspaper Industry - 0 views

  • The U.S. newspaper industry was already facing numerous challenges before the economy took a nosedive, but the latest data from the Newspaper Association of America shows that the current economic climate has only exacerbated the already dire state of the American newspaper industry.
  • Specifically, total newspaper advertising revenue fell 16.6% in 2008.
  • Classifieds advertising, which is under a lot of pressure from online ventures like Craigslist, fell almost 30%, and real estate classifieds fell 38%.
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    A really good, short article with lots of current statistics. 
Melinda Snell

Is the newspaper business really dying? - 0 views

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    A video found on youtube going through a presentation on the newspaper industry. Talks about the "cliché" the newspaper industry is dying.
Jenna Peterfeso

Citizen Journalism - 0 views

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    A quick summary of what a citizen journalist is and their role in today's news.
Andrew VanNess

Blogging Vs. Journalism - 0 views

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    What makes a blogger a blogger and a journalist a journalist. 
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    Another topic about what the difference between blogging and journalism is. While still an opinion, this discussion includes multiple viewpoints, including some professional journalists viewpoints.
Melinda Snell

How Is the Newspaper Industry Trying to Save Itself? - 0 views

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    Really cool graph/ flow chart on the future of newspapers and how they are trying to save the industry. Has a link to embed it in a presentation. You do need to zoom in and scroll around to look and read this though.
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.
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