2009 May be the Nail in Newspaper’s Coffins

By Ralph Poole on January 4, 2009 11:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

I still read the Boston Globe and the New York Times every morning.  I don”™t read news online unless it is very current.  I still find the serendipity of newspapers satisfying it is hard to get the same experience online.

But, Patrick Smith”™s article on paidContent:UK entitled Online Or Bust: Why 2009 May Be The Nail In Newspapers”™ Coffins makes a convincing argument that the current business model is broken and that classified advertising is evaporating.

This trend may present good opportunities for online journalism.

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