Not dead yet: the newspaper in the days of digital anarchy

I read the speech of Bill Keller, executive editor, New York Times. He gives a little insight on what its like to be an editor/reporter in a dire paper climate and seemingly totalitarian government. he states:

" A journalism professor at the University of North Carolina, named Philip Meyer, has done some studies about the decline of American newspaper readership. His extrapolation of the data shows that, if newspapers do nothing to change their ways, they will lose their very last reader in the year 2044. In October, if you want to mark your calendars.

On the stock exchanges, the value of newspaper shares has declined. Of the dwindling number of quality titles in the US, several are being bought up by new owners who seem completely free of nostalgia for the idea of journalism as a public trust."

Keller continues on to talk about electronic media, the internet and the blog revolution. He points out that while blogs or internet sites offer immediate news, anyone can have one, which is good and bad, but rarely credible.

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