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Another Newspaper Obit
- American Journalism Review, Thursday, June 1, 2006 11:45 AM
“The newspaper business has changed irrevocably,” laments Rem Rieder in the American Journalism Review. “The combination of the Internet (and the ensuing change in the habits of news consumers) and Wall Street profit pressures means that there's no going back. Life simply will be different.” While Rieder says that the medium will endure at least in the near-term, its role will change dramatically. Newspapers will “have to be open to new ideas and to reaching consumers in unconventional ways. They'll be the ‘engine’ that drives a panoply of products including an array of Web sites, podcasts, vodcasts, niche publications and who knows what else.”
