Newspapers in the digital age

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Newspapers in the digital age

ANTONIA ZERBISIAS

At the rate newspapers are losing circulation, the last reader is
expected to croak in 2040.

In April to be exact.

Philip Meyer, author of The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in
the Information Age made that grim prognostication on Wednesday,
during a live webcast about our impending extinction.

Since I myself will be dead or defunct by 2040, it's not really my
problem - unless I am still trying to collect my Star denture
benefits.

Don't misunderstand: People will still be talking, online or on
whatever new forms of communication will arise.

The question is, what will be the quality of the information they receive?

All Whacko Jacko coverage and partisan rants, as we see on TV newscasts?

Or will newspapers turn around the Titanic to continue producing
original and credible reportage on events and issues critical to an
informed citizenry in a democracy?

FULL STORY:
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1110495015333&call_pageid=970599109774&col=Columnist969907624636&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes

Or

http://tinyurl.com/55c3z
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