In fairness, and honesty, the Post has the best Web site of any newspaper in the country. It’s well done, constantly updated, the chats with reporters, editors and the odd celeb are great, the “blogs” well done (mostly) and the comments sections are largely unedited for any political content.
They’ll find a way to make money with it, because they’re innovative and have a quality product. I can’t think of any other MSM outlet that’s close to them on the Web.
I think your confidence is misplaced. Newspaper publishing is just like any other business - ongoing sustainability is solely dependent on the ability to generate revenues in excess of expenses.
Newspaper publishing has traditionally had two primary sources of revenue (forget purchase price): print & classified ads. Print ads for dept stores, real estate & autos has migrated en masse to the Net. Ditto for classified - does anyone pay/read these anymore when Craigslist is available?
It doesn't matter a whit what they may do about content; the game is over and they know it. There's a lot