A decade ago, if you wanted to read about the news, then
the source would be none other than the newspapers. This is definitely true
because you had to have a daily or monthly subscription if you want to know
about the happenings going around you and the world. Other Medias like TV and
radio had the time fixed for the news hour. But with the rise of the internet,
things have definitely changed. Nowadays, more and more people are using the internet,
if they want to get some updates about certain events
It is already
possible to have the type of news you specify delivered directly to your mobile
phone, free of charge. It’s a matter of time before millions of people receive
news this way. Cell phone screens are getting bigger
and clearer, making them suitable for reading for longer periods, and the costs
of downloading mobile data are falling worldwide.
You will even be able
to find celebrity and entertainment news on the internet. Because of the accessibility
and convenience of the internet, traditional media outlets are already
experiencing a drop-off in sales and readership.
The chain
Associated Newspapers sold a controlling stake in the London Evening
Standard as it announced a 24% decline in 2008 ad revenues. One industry
report predicted that 1 in 10 UK print publications would cut its frequency of
publication in half. Rapidly declining advertising revenues continue to be the
industry’s core problem.
Print losses far exceed online gains. For 2011, the
ratio was more than roughly 10 to 1. In 2006, online revenues were still
growing quickly and covered about 80% of print losses. Then in the 2008-2009 recessions online flattened and fell slightly. For the last
two years, revenue lost in print is nowhere close to being replaced by digital
gains.
The newspaper market varies greatly by country due
to such factors as long-standing historical and cultural traditions in each region;
levels of social development in terms of education, literacy, and income; the
news industry’s organization, economics, production and distribution system;
and overall structure of public subsidies, government regulations, and national
levels of democratization.
The bitter reality is, a lot of newspaper companies
have definitely experienced the heat because of the lower number of newspaper
subscriptions in most countries. This is probably because a lot of people who
live in city outcast the number in subscriptions of newspapers relatively
compared to rural people are already turning to the internet if they want to
learn about the world news, local news, or science news and updates.
Most of the websites offer information for free, so this definitely
translates to a lot of savings.
Just like other countries, especially in
China, the quality of facts reporting in the newspapers is sometimes under
suspicion. They have a powerful government and they usually control the Medias
to prettify some facts for their benefits.
Nowadays we can also
find lots and lots of advertisements bombarding your eyes with several pages in
the newspapers. People use the internet to release some governmental officials'
corruptions or other illegal behaviors. Some people are brave enough to expose
the truth because they only use a false name for registration without worrying
about the consequence. In addition, people from different places can interact
by discussing in the follow-up boxes. Whereas newspaper cannot provide these
exciting events in timely manner.
News papers are becoming
greedy and loosing the morality of spreading better news. It could have been no
worse than a news paper printing in Karnataka published in Karnataka having the
better things done add by tamilnadu government. One should have sense at least
to publish the ads of a government in its on native land.
Newspapers are still a prominent part of many common
people. Especially the ones with retired career life, their day starts with a
cup of coffee and a newspaper. Few of them have the habit of going through
various newspapers in their free time. There are people addicted to solving
Sudoku puzzles and crosswords which appear in the newspaper every day.
When you talk about responsible
journalism and factual reports, people still turn to traditional
media for the latest news and updates. Readers still look for a source
that they can trust, and newspaper articles are definitely the best way to go.
Journalists need to curate social media to find out
what the news is and verify what is real and what is not from all the
information out there, which isn’t always reliable. Newspapers need to stop
treating their websites as a dumping ground for print stories and treat each
somewhat independently, carefully selecting the stories better suited for each
media. Including an environment that encourages innovative ideas will be very
good in order to survive in the industry.
This is absolutely something that they should look
into because people still believe in newspapers because of the level of respect
that they have for these media outlets.
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