5 comments on "Newspapers Hit New Low, Rank Below Internet, TV For Info"

1. Douglas Ferguson from College of Charleston
   

   commented on: July 29, 2010 at 11:27 AM
   Anecdotally, when I moved here eleven years ago, and walked out each morning to get my newspaper out of the yard/driveway, I could look up and down the street and see newspapers laying in front of nearly every house. Nowadays there are maybe two or three (including mine). I'm turn 60 this year, so it's understandable I cling to old technology. But my younger wife stopped reading the local paper long ago and my younger neighbors canceled their deliveries about the same time. The newspaper did not change; it got better, I think. The problem is the internet. I follow one of the local reporters on Twitter, so most of my morning read is a refresher on what I first read on the laptop.

2. Walter Hammock from Showcase Enterprises
   

   commented on: July 29, 2010 at 10:31 AM
   And this is news how? Newspapers have been in steady decline for decades and as a boomer I have no need for a newspaper, I have a myriad of options that are quicker, more up to date and accurate. And without the editorial bent that has possessed reporters since Cronkite decided to make news rather than report it. I've seen the demos for newspapers, if you want a 50+ audience they rock. But they aren't attracting younger readers, they are printed on paper where the cost continue to rise, they will disappear as we know them.

3. Paula Lynn from Who Else Unlimited
   

   commented on: July 29, 2010 at 10:24 AM
   A dependable newspaper on every doorstep early every morning produced with a well paid staff including fact finding, ethical journalism would dramatically change rankings. Unfotunately, these trends are falling and failing. The Sam Zell's and his likes, before and after, whose primary interest is trying to refocus editorial in their own image and profiteering (although intended consequences are not always being fulfilled), are contributing to the demise of an industry which helped create them.

4. Judith Leverone from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
   

   commented on: July 29, 2010 at 10:04 AM
   Most likely only 37% of the respondents said they would switch to another newspaper because today most market are only served by one newspaper.

5. Michael Lynn from Storandt Pann Margolis
   

   commented on: July 29, 2010 at 9:26 AM
   WRONG Newspapers are losing ground to internet when you ask internet users. What about all media consumers?

   And what about some demographic breakouts? Bet if you ask boomers esp aging (?) the newspapers might not do too badly.

   Should be more skeptical and clear about data.

   Ah well.

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