Not very. The big money in newspapers is (or it was) in classified advertising. Craigslist has hollowed that out, but good. Also, other advertisers are migrating to online. There is no future in ink-on-paper, hand-delivered, day-old news.
Think clay tablets vs papyrus.
Think clay tablets vs papyrus.
Clay tablets versus the telegraph, maybe? That's a heck of a good comparison, abb, but I have a hunch it needs to be pushed further. I think we're looking at a difference in kind, not mere degree.
I could be R-O-N-G, wrong, too.
[Think clay tablets vs papyrus.]
Or papyrus versus movable type.
I have a friend that makes his entire living off of publishing those freebee advertisement throw-aways (seen in laudromats) for the explicit purpose of publishing legal notices. He was able to legitimize the “newspapers” by inserting news stories that college newspapers get, along with one or two “original” news stories about something going on in the area.
Thos legal notices bring in a very pretty penny.