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2010-04-27 Economy

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Posted by Steve White 2010-04-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 DIE, MONSTER, DIE!

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2010-04-27 07:14|| 2010-04-27 07:14|| Front Page Top

#2 The news papers are not the only news media suffering. Magazines & tv are not doing any better. And it is not just because of their left tilt. Another big issue is that most younger Americans just don't care about news - unless it has to do with American Idol, or maybe the NBA playoffs.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-04-27 07:53|| 2010-04-27 07:53|| Front Page Top

#3 "But there are some signs that circulation may have started to level off."

Yep, the number of birdcages has probably not dropped, so the NYT still has meaningful value.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-04-27 07:55|| 2010-04-27 07:55|| Front Page Top

#4 It has to level off - at zero - since I don't think negative circulation exists.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-04-27 07:57|| 2010-04-27 07:57|| Front Page Top

#5 But there are some signs that circulation may have started to level off.

Yes, but there are only so many local and college library periodical rooms. Not counting the creative accounting in sending copies to addresses who's subscription expired over three years ago.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-04-27 08:05|| 2010-04-27 08:05|| Front Page Top

#6 reaping the fruits of modern public education. the generation that cannot read does not purchase newspapers. the generations of children raised to only think of themselves (self esteem training) does not care about outside events.

Posted by abu do you love 2010-04-27 09:25|| 2010-04-27 09:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Abu gets it, but the newsies don't. If they were smart, they'd remake themselves as digital media delivered to smartphones and iPod / iPad / ebook platforms, and wrap themselves in social networking hoohaw to attract the kiddies. They aren't that smart, though...

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-04-27 09:35|| 2010-04-27 09:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Cartoon videos to match their attention span.

Posted by lotp 2010-04-27 10:32|| 2010-04-27 10:32|| Front Page Top

#9 The Wall Street Journal and The Arizona Republic are both conservative (as much as the news biz gets anymore) and up. Could be a clue. Something journalists could write about.

Posted by ed 2010-04-27 10:45|| 2010-04-27 10:45|| Front Page Top

#10 Second Abu and Murcek, except the problem with getting the ifad generation is that those owners consider themselves hipper and smarter (and likely are) than the olde gizzards who do the papers. Who in their cool minds are going to download USA Today onto their devices which can gather news from all internet? I have noticed that social grouping (mind you only correct as I know it) the group relies on one, two, maybe three members to be current with the news and dissiminate it at social gatherings. So the market isn't all youngsters - just those few who overqualify to read newspapers and magazines, many of which are out of date within 24 hours nevermind weekly. So they (olde media) turn into op-eds in guise of news..and not many people prefer paying money for however many years worth of low grade lecturing about uninteresting subjects.

TV is not much better, most a mile wide and an inch deep. The people I know who get their news in a comedy style know on at least a subconscience level it is still op-ed, but unlike the op-ed from the news-style entertainers they prefer to receive news in a comedy-style format.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-04-27 11:10|| 2010-04-27 11:10|| Front Page Top

#11 My wife subscribed to the New Yorker (did not consult me, either) months ago, and it has never arrived. Ha.

Posted by Grunter 2010-04-27 11:50|| 2010-04-27 11:50|| Front Page Top

#12 One of the few remaining traditional papers is also doing well. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is privately owned by a rich guy who wants it to keep its traditional style, and it is paying off. They gained 13,000 new subscribers this year and jumped about 10 places up the top 100 list.

They also have some conservatives on staff, including columnist Paul Greenberg, who is a blast. He lit into Bill Clinton when he was pres, and even though he was nationally syndicated, about the only republication he got was through townhall.com.

http://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/archive.shtml

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-04-27 12:36|| 2010-04-27 12:36|| Front Page Top

#13 So the MSM press has dug themselves into irrelevancy with their agenda.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-04-27 16:15|| 2010-04-27 16:15|| Front Page Top

#14 Bailout!

(with Obama regime editorial control, but then, who could tell?)

Posted by Frank G 2010-04-27 19:03|| 2010-04-27 19:03|| Front Page Top

#15 Newspaper circulation declines are levelling off in the same sense the numbers of coopers and wheelwrights has levelled off, namely as demand approaches zero.

Posted by phil_b 2010-04-27 22:55|| 2010-04-27 22:55|| Front Page Top

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