This is the base the mainstream media thought would never desert them. They were counting on the seniors to remain loyal subscribers to their very end -- out of inertia and habit.
But really, they are the prime beneficiaries of all the wonderful new technologies -- if they just know about them. And the mainstream media is doing their best not to let them know about them. So we have one hellacious conflict of interest looming ahead -- which doesn't look good for the old mainstream media hoping to hang on to their control. It looks very bad for them; there is no future as they get squeezed from both ends of the demographics.
What's fascinating to consider is how quickly they go under -- and the sheer terror and panic as they abandon their sinking ship.
It's always an epiphany when the predator begins to realize he's become the prey.