nytimes.com — Circulation at the nation?s largest newspapers plunged over the last six months. Though the industry has felt consecutive declines over the last five years, the Newspaper Association of America said that the figures for the latest period were ?the largest variance year over year? of which it was aware.
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jizzatchOct 30, 2006
If newspaper companies want to remain viable, they should make a heavy investment in flexible LED technology. Imagine allowing a subscriber to upload today's news via the USB port on their pc and take it on their morning commute or the morning coffee break. Make it a monthly fee and subsidize the cost of the viewing equipment, much as cable companies do with their boxes or cell phone companies do with the phone itself. Or, they will suffer a similar fate as Polaroid and Kodak did with the advent of the digital camera.
egb6550Oct 31, 2006
I'm afraid it's my fault. In the last few months I kept leaving my paper on the driveway, no time anymore for it.. and then I had to do it, I canceled my subscription!
mckirkusOct 31, 2006
Naw, they're just going to hire the best bloggers in an attempt to stay relevant. The question is whether or not it'll be easier to just pull up a blog on your wireless laptop instead.
thesteggOct 31, 2006
I don't like the biased reporting, editorializing, and out-of-date news that the KC Star provides. So I don't buy it. Simple as that.
donteOct 31, 2006
Yes douchebag... because my claim was that all newspaper articles are crap. No, I'm saying that good reporters and good articles are few and far between. It's just terribly hard to find them when they're surrounded by horrible writers trying way too hard to be the next Edward R Murrow to actually worry about journalistic integrity, creativity, and objectivism. So if the media world needs to trim the fat, it's by all means welcome.I'll go back to my toilet home now....
gr8edchzNov 2, 2006
I recently sent an email to the newspaper I like to read telling them that I purchased the Wed. (garden section for my business) and Sun. (coupons.. less and less though lately) paper every week at the grocery but that I had no interest in the other 5 papers they put out each week. So, I would like to know if I could just have the Wed. and Sun. papers delivered to my house for an annual fee.They said no but I was free to get the Wednesday through Sunday subscription for a rather larger price than the price of the 2 papers I buy weekly now. I said, but I don't want Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Thursday editions. They said, nope again.Oh well... My fun newspaper experience. I still just pick the paper up at the grocery when I remember.
jimmessengerNov 23, 2006
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of folks.
margritaDec 30, 2008
Yes, newspaper circulations are falling gradually and internet readership is increasing. Most of the people are approaching web to find news globally. I think digital editions of the print publications are the only way to increase the readership rate and so that publishers can retrieve their revenue. Some of the companies like <a class="user" href="http://www.pressmart.net">http://www.pressmart.net</a> helping the print publishers to publish through online and rich media distribution channels. I think using of these kinds of services will definitely increase the readership rate.