It's time to accept the death of the modern day newspaper as a reality. It's a simple concept to come to terms with when thinking logically, that a newspaper simply cannot compete with something that delivers news faster, more efficiently and, you guessed it, for free!
Connor Stevens, a 2nd year media and communications student at Seneca College, breaks it down quite simply. "I can't really see anything (news) that's not done electronically surviving, only because it doesn't make any practical sense." The simple and ironic truth for the newspaper business, as Stevens summarizes it, is "it's that sort of change some people are willing to accept and others aren't. I mean for the media in general, the advancements allow for quicker coverage, but now it's a certain medium that's suffering."
Yes, a changing of the guard is taking place, so those preservists can weep all they want, it will still happen regardless. Perhaps you can choose the less cynical road and instead of approaching this change as the death of the newspaper , look at it as new life.
The big question that presents itself is, "Why would anyone pay for something they were accessing for free?" The truth is that as all publications begin to cross over and charge for content, readers wont be left with a choice of whether to pay up or not.
It's not the apocalypse boys and girls, it's a revolution.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
The wild wild west
According to a study done by Macleans magazine, Saskatoon has the highest crime rate in Canada at 163 per cent above the national average. In fact, contrary to popular belief most of the crime in Canada seems to be occurring out west as opposed to the central in major cities like Toronto and Montreal.
The trend continues in cities like Winnipeg and Regina which also boast over 130 per cent above the nations average. Interestingly enough these cities also have the highest concentration of urban aboriginals, at around 10 per cent of the population.
Criminologist Neil Boyd of Simon Frasier University really just sums it up by saying, “they (aboriginals) are 10 times more likely to be victims and suspects.” Mr. Boyd knows his math.
I'm sure everyone else is just as surprised as me to find that T.O ranks no where near the top of Macleans list of bad ass cities. Toronto, out of the 100 cities, was slated at 29th! Considering not a day goes by here where the front page of a daily doesn't include a double-homicide, to come in at number 29 is definitely news. Way to go Toronto media, always making us look like a bunch of criminals.
The trend continues in cities like Winnipeg and Regina which also boast over 130 per cent above the nations average. Interestingly enough these cities also have the highest concentration of urban aboriginals, at around 10 per cent of the population.
Criminologist Neil Boyd of Simon Frasier University really just sums it up by saying, “they (aboriginals) are 10 times more likely to be victims and suspects.” Mr. Boyd knows his math.
I'm sure everyone else is just as surprised as me to find that T.O ranks no where near the top of Macleans list of bad ass cities. Toronto, out of the 100 cities, was slated at 29th! Considering not a day goes by here where the front page of a daily doesn't include a double-homicide, to come in at number 29 is definitely news. Way to go Toronto media, always making us look like a bunch of criminals.
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