Who’s killing off newspapers?
In a concise piece in The Nation online this week, journalism professor Eric Alterman, lists the series of mistakes some “clueless media moguls” are making that, rather than slowing the rapid slide of newspapers into extinction, are ensuring that the demise will happen (”I Read the News Today… Oh Boy” July 16, 2008).
Alterman names some of the bigger villains by name and itemizes errors.
Overall the picture Alterman paints isn’t pretty. Especially depressing is his conclusion that any good ideas to rescue newspapers so far haven’t appeared.
Sure makes me want to believe in that old saw, it’s always darkest before the dawn.
