It is interesting to see the same downward trend that is affecting books is affecting newspapers. I can't remember the last time I saw someone actually pick up a newspaper. Now everyone gets their information from either watching the news on the internet or television or they read it from online sources.
I think that newspapers are really struggling because anyone can produce news. For instance, when Osama Bin Laden was killed earlier this year, there was a man from Pakistan blogging about the event as it was occuring.
Also, newspapers are struggling because it is get advertisements because there are more effective places where ads will attract more people. Newspaper advertisements still consist of classified ads, which include cars, houses, and jobs. However now there are websites like craiglists and monster.com to help people find things they used to look for in the local newspaper ads.
Newspaper are continuing to struggle because production methods are out of date and national distribution is difficult.
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