Did one invention lead to the decline of newspapers?

What led to the decline of news?
Look, this post has a point. By now it should be obvious: One invention did not lead to the decline of newspapers, and one firm did not do it either. The loss of readers and the loss of ads came from the accumulation of a number of events. Who is responsible? Let’s count. We have blamed Craigslist, other online classified sites, Overture, NSF funding, Silicon Valley’s ecosystem, the efforts of many clever computer scientists, and the efforts of many bloggers. And that is just the short version of the story. The problems with newspapers did not arise at the hand of a single invention or a single firm. It was a gang.

July 12, 2011 by Uncategorized 0

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