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The chief economist at Google , Hal Varian, has given an interesting little speech looking into the economics of the newspaper industry. No, they're not entirely doomed, as some think, but they do need some changes. Most importantly, it would be good if we all read them for a little longer while at work each day. The general points made are all entirely reasonable: most of us who have been reading about this subject will know many of them already. Newspaper circulation has been in decline for decades, it's not just the internet. News was never what made the money, it was the advertising in the other parts of the paper that did. The battle is really about, whether online or offline, gaining access to some fragment of our attention span. Gain that and the industry can still be profitable and so on. All good points. But the two that were new to me

Article about the declining audience of readers from the newspaper. Gives some percentages from 2012

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

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

The printing press is considered one of the most important inventions in history. This device has made it possible for books, newspapers, magazines, and other reading materials to be produced in great numbers

The history of newspaper comics, which is left out in our class textbook. Includes genres, types, 

An article about the negatives of reading news online and on mobile devices, including social network commentary, poor digital content experiences, broken mobile links, etc. 

An article written by forbes about the future of newspapers. Talks about the content and communication of the newspaper industry and also the newspapers as a product.

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

How college newspapers are changing the way people read the newspaper:ditching the old fashioned newspaper for an online version to gain a bigger audience

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.

An idea for the future newspapers which would eliminate cutting down trees for paper. It is a roll out screen that is made for reading newspapers and magazines.

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.

"I'll probably read a print newspaper until I die. And that's a problem for the newspaper business; its most loyal customers are closer to death than to birth." This is another article about how the newspaper industry is currently doing. It provides statistics for the top newspapers around today.

Talks about the business aspect of the newspaper industry