Can newspapers survive the internet age AND economic downturn?

In the UK perhaps everyone knew the press was generally shi+ but until something better came along, we were all stuck with it.

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Originally Posted by Hazell B

Regional newspapers will always weather the storm, but maybe nationals will go.

Doesn't make any difference to me, not bought a single national in over five years and only buy the regional (Yorkshire Post) on saturdays for the auction guide, plus I stopped writing for any of them when they employed sixteen year olds with zero ability to grasp facts over fashionable terms. I once wrote "... was miffed at....." and it was printed ".... outrage at ...." :rolleyes:

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"Yorkshire woman wrongly quoted in paper shocker!!!!!!!"

:p

Personally? I read two newspapers a day when I am at home. I love the ritual of going to the coffee shop and having a leisurely breakfast while reading the paper and drinking coffee. The problem is of course is I am in the US about 4 or 5 days a week and I don't care to read the watered down political tripe that is in a lot of US papers. I know that I want a Canadian perspective since I am Canadian, but it is obvious to me that American journalism is so bad there is a TON of people down there that deserve to lose their jobs on the papers they publish or edit.

The reason newspapers in North America are in trouble is because they are just not that current or on the ball often. That said...I live outside a major media market with 4 daily newspapers and all of them have a decent amount of content and great writing in just about all sections. The Canadian newspaper industry actually puts out a decent product and most major markets have 2 or more papers fighting for readers. In the US...one lousy paper suffices in all but a few major cities.

I think reading the paper on the internet sucks...but news being a right now business I think it is a sense the death knell for newspapers as we know them...