Place an ad in the classified section of your newspaper and you MIGHT sell it in a few weeks.
OR...
Put it on eBay or Craiglist and it will sell in hours.
That tells you pretty much all you need to know about the future of the newspaper business. The business model just doesn't work any more.
And the fact that the content found in newspapers is pretty awful, that doesn't help either.
The local papers in my town (Boston Herald, Boston Globe) are now $1.00 at the newstand. Are they kidding? Who under the age of 55 is going to pay a dollar a day to read that dreck?
The only newspaper worth paying for is the Wall Street Journal and I get it online.
I've been an online subscriber since day one. But this year may be the last - I'm seriously considering pulling the plug. Most of what they have is not proprietary and can be got elsewhere.
Likewise, this is the year I'm pulling the plug on the National Geographic. I've been a member since 1977. They can print all the environmental claptrap they see fit, but I ain't paying for it any more.
Investors Business Daily (IBD) is what the WSJ used to be, especially editorially. If the Journal fails to inspire you nowadays, take a look at IBD!
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