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Monday, October 26, 2009

Media "A mode of distribution going out of existence."

Posted by on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:06 AM

That's Josh Marshal's take on the news that daily newspaper circulation dropped by more than 10% in a single year.

 

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Hooray! think of all the carbon those living trees will suck up.
Posted by guy on October 26, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 2
I'm a big science fiction fan. It's kind of funny to read books that were written in the 50s and 60s that envision a "far future" with things like record players, audiotape, and film in it. Oh, and cigarette smokers too. Things have changed so much in the last 50 years that our society would be unrecognizable to a time traveler from back then. So why should we be surprised that printed newspapers would also be a part of that?

Don't get me wrong, I'm an old dinosaur and I'll miss my newspapers when they're gone, but this shouldn't be a big shock to anyone.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on October 26, 2009 at 9:24 AM
3
The Stranger, of course, will be immune. Right?
Posted by Jeff on October 26, 2009 at 9:28 AM
4
Exactly, #1. We should be applauding the demise of print media. It's wasteful, and useless. You know, when lightbulbs were invented, a lot of candlemakers lost their jobs. It was sad, but good.
Posted by infactorium.blogspot.com on October 26, 2009 at 9:56 AM
5
I for one will cheer when The Seattle Times kicks it.
Posted by I Got Nuthin' on October 26, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Will in Seattle 6
Seattle Times print circulation went up.

It's on their website.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on October 26, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Uriel-238 7
The news corporations aren't going out of business. It's just the printing presses that will eventually be mothballed.

Still, I've not yet found an electronic reader whose interface wasn't crap and price was reasonable, so I'll be buying books for a while. Newspapers, not so much.
Posted by Uriel-238 on October 26, 2009 at 6:17 PM
TheRain 8
What @7 said. I haven't found the electronic experience yet that would make me cancel my Spokesman subscription.
Posted by TheRain on October 26, 2009 at 8:37 PM

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