THE SLOW DECLINE OF NEWSPAPERS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009
The Fast Decline of Newspapers
As a young child every morning I would wake up walk down stairs and grab the newspaper. I would immediately go to the sports page and read what happen in the sports world the day before. As a young child the newspaper is what taught me how to read. As I have gotten older I no longer read the newspapers like I once did. The newspapers that I use to read are now all online. Instead of buying a newspaper I can go online and read my daily sports news. I am saddened by the huge decline in newspapers I understand that everything is online now but I do feel they can still serve some sort of a purpose. I am not sure though with the current trends if they will be able to survive at all.
In a recent NY Times article by Richard Perez it describes the decline of newspapers. It stated that newspaper sales have fallen 10% in one year. In the article is states how most major newspaper companies our having a huge decline in sales. The article can be found herehttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/business/media/27audit.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Decline%20of%20Newspapers&st=cse. At the end of the article it stated that newspapers that publish articles off of a central idea tend to be doing better. Many people don’t mind that newspapers our becoming distinct. I feel that newspapers helped shape our country.
In a blog by Matt Harber he describes how all advertisements on the Internet has increased by billions while advertisements in newspapers have declined more and more each year. Here is the blog by Matt Harberhttp://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/pressed/2009/10/26/newspaper-circulations-continue-to-decline/. With this current trend of advertisers more likely to spend money on a online article then a newspaper article newspapers truly don’t stand a chance. With all the money going towards the Internet newspapers are becoming forgotten. I feel that newspapers should be brought back. A lot of people would say that I am dumb for thinking that newspapers should be brought back. Here are my reasons that they should be brought back. When people needed their news they would open up the newspaper. Today there are many online article present news but many present the news with their opinion intertwined in it. Newspapers just present the news they don’t include their opinions in the article. They can teach young people or anyone to read not everyone can afford a computer with the Internet. But everyone can afford a 50-cent newspaper.
As the times go on I am pretty sure that newspapers probably will no longer be around. This idea is very sad to me unless a major change happens in the newspaper industry they will become instinct. I hope a movement will be made to bring back newspapers maybe I can started I am not sure though if it would be that successful.
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