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.
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