Showing posts with label Newspaper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newspaper. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 January 2009

Unbundling Media 03 - internet-overtakes-newspapers-as-news-source

Had to happen. At least in USA.
The internet, which emerged this year as a leading source for campaign news, has now surpassed all other media except television as a main source for national and international news.
The Pew Research Center's report shows the inevitable evidence.
But the devil's in the details. "For young people, however, the internet now rivals television as a main source of national and international news. Nearly six-in-ten Americans younger than 30 (59%) say they get most of their national and international news online; an identical percentage cites television."
Here the complete report

Unbundling Media 02: First USA, second UK, next EU Newspapers?

The economic consequences of unbundling media are emerging everywhere. The combined action of economic downturn and online news gathering and distributions is changing the timing of newsparpers industry crisis. The article stress that the advertising downturn is not cyclical but permanent. If so, and I think the author is right, the Unbundling media dilemma will be the core question for any possible economic model dedicated to the newspapers industry.