Response to: "Internet Killed the Newspaper Star"

It is kind of mind boggling to think that only 13% of people now purchase the local newspaper! It was so customary at one point to read the daily newspaper to be informed of the daily occurrences. Times are changing, giving way to new innovations and technological media outlets. When online companies are grossing $220 billion in a year, a 25% increase from the year before, it looks like the new trend will stick with the public.

I agree, timeliness is extremely key when deciding how you want to gather your newsworthy information. With the convenience of the internet, everything you can possibly imagine is a click away. Its nice for consumers to surf the web for news because the majority of information is free, and we only have to sacrifice some minor advertising on the right-hand side of the screen!

Google for example had a $23,650,563 revenue gain in 2009. This example shows you how profitable the internet is. This also explains how successful online corporations have been and how popular this product is. I imagine that EVERYTHING will eventually be online and a good amount of jobs will be lost because of it, but at the same time, hopefully an opportunity to create new and different jobs will arise.

Technology is obviously overpowering the print media world. This change will affect citizens positively and everyone will be benefited. Consumers will have easy access to anything and everything while the companies prosper off advertising and purchasing. I hope the newspapers can find a way to make some money by transforming their product to an online option.

I also agree with embracing the green aspect of this scenario. It is healthier for the environment and will save us money in paper production to switch from paper to online news. According to "Professor's House," they claim that the average newspaper reader consumes 3 trees a year and 200 million trees total! Now that is scary!

Sarah we are definitely on the same page, and the entire world will be soon enough. There won't be too much missed with the death of print media.