"It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper." ~Jerry Seinfeld
"Newspapers: dead trees with information smeared on them." ~Horizon, "Electronic Frontier"
print newspapers and magazines are struggling due to declining readership (digital availability, preference), declining advertising revenue, and unpopular paywalls & subscription plans
Is the death of newspapers the end of good citizenship?The death of newspapers -- by cutbacks, outright disappearance, or morphing into lean websites -- means a reduction of watchdog reporting and less local information. Some say it has caused a drop in civic participation; 11/11/2012
How magazines will be changed foreverLike Newsweek, almost all magazines will eventually go purely electronic. Physical magazines have start and finish; they give a sense of completion. Digital formats lack edges and boundaries; it's harder for readers to focus. Until digital magazines make it easier to stop, there will be nostalgia for print; 10/21/2012
Did The Daily Beast Eat Newsweek?Why Most Publishers Opt for 'the Straddle' -- If They Can Afford It; Straddle = using the prestige of the print brand and the old-media cash flow to fund investments in digital; 10/22/2012
The newsonomics of Amazon vs. Main StreetThe online retail giant’s shift into same-day delivery will change local retail. Will it also change local news? (retail advertising); 7/26/2012
What’s next for newspapers?'farm it' (keep doing what you do today as well as you can); 'milk it' (accept inevitable decline, but reduce costs); 'feed it' (leverage waning strengths, and invest aggressively); 7/11/2012
Newspapers Pollute Less On E-Readers and TabletsAdopting e-readers could reduce GHG emissions from publishing and distributing newspapers by 74 percent; using tablet computers could result in a 63 percent reduction; RAND [.pdf]; 4/2012
Wondering How Far Magazines Must Fall NYT:Carr; newsweeklies; 8/12/2012
When WSJ Flunks Internet History, Blogs Step In To Educate 7/23/2012
How Accurate Were Minority Report’s Technology Precogs?: E-Newspapers 2002 movie; 6/21/2012
New Orleans Newspaper Scales Back in Sign of Print Upheaval 3 days/week; staff reductions; 5/25/2012
Newspapers Pollute Less On E-Readers and Tablets Adopting e-readers could reduce GHG emissions from publishing and distributing newspapers by 74 percent; using tablet computers could result in a 63 percent reduction; RAND [.pdf]; 4/2012
The New, Convoluted Life Cycle Of A Newspaper Story 11/18/2011
Newspapers and social media: Still mostly doing it wrong 7/1/2011