The Death of Print
October 26, 2009 1 Comment
Megan McArdle says that the newspaper business is dying…for real. It’s certainly hurting. One suggestion from me continues to be stop giving it away for free.
I like reading the paper, though we don’t subscribe to one and even when we do I rarely have time to do more than a quick fly-by. What I like the most though is getting the news that I never would have sought out on my own. I haven’t found that the internet replaces that randomness just yet.
Her prediction that the locals will die and give way to just a few national papers is uber-depressing. How often do you see an article about Crestwood, KY or Lynchburg, VA in the Wall Street Journal?
Technology is mostly a good thing, but in this case it seems to be doing harm. Either that or someone needs to develop a pricing model that works.
Its the pricing model. And, though I fear where it might lead, we who read most of our news on-line may well have to start paying for it. Otherwise, printed dailies will becmoe aluxury for the super rich . . .. ,.