Newspapers: The death of print media blog tasks
1) What has happened to print media in the last 30 years?
Print media has been on a steady decline due to television being another easily accessible source of media, then further enhanced by the internet.
2) Why is the Independent newspaper such a good case study for the decline in print media?
Because it died shortly after it began having unorthodox and campaigning front pages, and before this, it was non-biased.
3) What was the Independent newspaper famous for?
Because it offered non-biased and challenging headlines for the readers.
4) What did the then-owner of the Independent, Evgeny Lebedev, say about the newspaper's digital-only future?
“The newspaper industry is changing, and that change is being driven by readers. They’re showing us that the future is digital. This decision preserves the Independent brand and allows us to continue to invest in the high quality editorial content that is attracting
more and more readers to our online platforms.”
5) How do online newspapers make money?
By running ads on their website, or setting up a paywall in order to view the content.
6) What did the Independent's longest-serving editor Simon Kelner warn regarding the switch to digital?
“For me, the power of the Independent came from the variety of voices, the originality in its design and the iconoclastic feel of the paper. It is very difficult to replicate that in digital form. And it is even more difficult to do that with a paper like the Independent.”
7) What is the concern with fake news? What does 'post-truth' refer to?
The main concern with fake news is how easily it can be done, yet if it goes viral so many people will actually believe it.
8) What is your view on the decline in print media? Should news be free? Is it a concern that established media brands such as the Independent can no longer afford to exist as a printed newspaper?
I think news should be cheap, but not free as everyone has the right to know what is going on in the world and their local communities. But at the same time it is also a business and people's job to deliver news therefore if there's no money in newspapers journalists won't get paid the amount they deserve.
It's definitely concerning the a big organisation such as the independent is going out of business because it really shows us that newspapers are really dying and going out of business.
Print media has been on a steady decline due to television being another easily accessible source of media, then further enhanced by the internet.
2) Why is the Independent newspaper such a good case study for the decline in print media?
Because it died shortly after it began having unorthodox and campaigning front pages, and before this, it was non-biased.
3) What was the Independent newspaper famous for?
Because it offered non-biased and challenging headlines for the readers.
4) What did the then-owner of the Independent, Evgeny Lebedev, say about the newspaper's digital-only future?
“The newspaper industry is changing, and that change is being driven by readers. They’re showing us that the future is digital. This decision preserves the Independent brand and allows us to continue to invest in the high quality editorial content that is attracting
more and more readers to our online platforms.”
5) How do online newspapers make money?
By running ads on their website, or setting up a paywall in order to view the content.
6) What did the Independent's longest-serving editor Simon Kelner warn regarding the switch to digital?
“For me, the power of the Independent came from the variety of voices, the originality in its design and the iconoclastic feel of the paper. It is very difficult to replicate that in digital form. And it is even more difficult to do that with a paper like the Independent.”
7) What is the concern with fake news? What does 'post-truth' refer to?
The main concern with fake news is how easily it can be done, yet if it goes viral so many people will actually believe it.
8) What is your view on the decline in print media? Should news be free? Is it a concern that established media brands such as the Independent can no longer afford to exist as a printed newspaper?
I think news should be cheap, but not free as everyone has the right to know what is going on in the world and their local communities. But at the same time it is also a business and people's job to deliver news therefore if there's no money in newspapers journalists won't get paid the amount they deserve.
It's definitely concerning the a big organisation such as the independent is going out of business because it really shows us that newspapers are really dying and going out of business.
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