Why the internet is killing traditional press, one generation at a time.
With the advent of blogs, news sites and the social press more and more people are able to get all the news they need, without ever buying a broadsheet.
Sure, people will probably scoff when they see this article – and tell me, that with the hundreds of papers, and probably hundreds of millions of copies sold each day, the newspaper is a safe commodity.
I’m not so sure.
I live in the Uk, and have a daily subscription to the telegraph (I know, I know …), but recently they have been running a daily investigation (the front 8 pages) on Politician expense abuse . All very interesting, but by ‘The expenses Files Day 19‘ it was wearing even a loyal reader like me pretty thin.
Anyway, enough of my personal reading habits. This annoyance led me to fall back on my Google reader account for my daily news. Honestly, I doubt I’ll switch back. Google reader allows me to keep up with all my favourite news, tech, politic and world stage alike, while saving me the £1 p/day of a newspaper. It also has the added advantage of saving the planet one tree at a time – if your into that kind of thing.
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