Comments on: Paperless Information http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/03/17/paperless-information/ Unfair ... Imbalanced Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:55:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bo Diddley http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/03/17/paperless-information/comment-page-1/#comment-49599 Bo Diddley Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:55:01 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=16487#comment-49599 I see where the Charleston Post & Courier is going up on their daily price from 50 to 75 cent. I thought the price of everything was supposed to be goin down? I see where the Charleston Post & Courier is going up on their daily price from 50 to 75 cent. I thought the price of everything was supposed to be goin down?

]]> By: Mike http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/03/17/paperless-information/comment-page-1/#comment-49591 Mike Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:22:00 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=16487#comment-49591 Of course, yet another unsaid, "elephant in the room" kinda aspect of this whole transition away from traditional newspapers is the fact that the vast majority of the reporters and editors are decidedly to the left in their political leanings. The old MSM infrastructure was very conducive to the propagation (or at least the partial concealment) of their ideals; the new media- not so much. My guess is that newspapers, per se, will not totally disappear in the short to medium term. Rather, they'll just consolidate down to a much smaller footprint as part of the newer, more varied news distribution marketplace. I doubt there will be too many "two-newspaper towns" by the time this all shakes out, and some of the one-paper towns may get folded into a larger, regional paper as well. Not entirely a bad thing, just different. Of course, yet another unsaid, “elephant in the room” kinda aspect of this whole transition away from traditional newspapers is the fact that the vast majority of the reporters and editors are decidedly to the left in their political leanings. The old MSM infrastructure was very conducive to the propagation (or at least the partial concealment) of their ideals; the new media- not so much.

My guess is that newspapers, per se, will not totally disappear in the short to medium term. Rather, they’ll just consolidate down to a much smaller footprint as part of the newer, more varied news distribution marketplace. I doubt there will be too many “two-newspaper towns” by the time this all shakes out, and some of the one-paper towns may get folded into a larger, regional paper as well. Not entirely a bad thing, just different.

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