The Internet and its effect on the Newspaper
Kristopher Williams By
NEWSPAPERS ● Cutting edge way of distributing information ● Accessible ● Current ● Convenient
Newspapers ● Newspapers boom in popularity in colonies ● Stay main source of public information up through modern times.
Issues ● Lack of diverse ownership. ● Often “tailored” information. Pulitzer and Hearst fighting over coverage of Spanish American war
Advances in Technology ● TELEGRAPH
Advances in technology ● Radio
Advances in technology ● Television
Advances in technology ● Personal Computer
Decline of sales ● 1970s to 1990s newspapers began to see a decline in sales ● Casualties: daily newspapers ● Replacement: Evening News
2000's Sales Plunge ● With the use of the internet booming circulation of daily newspapers plunged during ● Distribution of newspapers and Magazines such as news week drop more than 4 percent, to about 48.7 million copies.
The Internet Blasts on the scene! ● 1990s ● Usable Browsers ● Information readily available at the click of a finger.
WHY IS IT SO GREAT? ● Ease of access ● Obtainable ● No restriction or boundaries
NEWSPAPER VS. INTERNET ● Newspapers still primary source for consumers ● Local ads ● Planning shopping trips ● Making consumer decisions
Classified ads ● The Internets effect on help-wanted classifieds, the study found, cost newspapers $1.9 billion in revenue between 1996 and 2004.
COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS! ● Written for students by students ● Free
SURVEY ● 2006 survey showed that 44% of college students read their campus paper twice or more a week -- a market penetration city newspapers only dream about. Advertising revenue for college papers increased 15% in 2007.
DECLINE? WHOS FAULT? ● Newspaper subscribers. ● Marketing. ● Audience ● Upgrades
NEWSPAPERS WHERE? ● ON LINE!
THE END ● THANKS FOR LISTENING!!!
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