Survey: Half of Journalists Think Their Offline Publications Will Eventually Fold

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[TigerLikesRooster]

Survey: Half of Journalists Think Their Offline Publications Will Eventually Fold

Posted by Lauren Dugan on July 22nd, 2010 4:41 PM

journalists and twitterJournalists appear to be reaching an equilibrium of sorts between print and digital media – an “equilibrium of sorts” because it appears the scales are tipped heavily in favor of going digital. According to a recent report by Oriella PR Network, journalists see their offline publications as risky endeavors in the current economy, with over half of those surveyed predicting the demise of their print, publication or TV media sometime in the future.

[MaryFromMichigan]

Half of Journalists Think Their Offline Publications Will Eventually Fold

...and the other half is wrong.

[SanFranDan]

They proudly looked into the abyss, saw death and...then ran bug-eyed chanting, “Would you like fries with that...Sir?”

[FrankR]

And, like with other media in the past, the libs are always figuring out how to use it to control you and I.

CNN is even wanting to outlaw bloggers that they can't control...that's you and me too.

Email and the internet is one of the most powerful tools to maintain freedom and liberty ever devised. No longer are we at the complete mercy of the talking heads and newspaper power brokers...we now have a sayso...and that bugs the hell out of obamatypes...they are losing control of you.

There are two very important rights we need to maintain AT ALL COSTS...the right to free speech, and the right to bear arms. The second one gives us the means to protect the first one, if we will only use it when the time comes.

[Flintlock]

Goody, goody gumdrops!

This couldn’t happen to a nicer, MORE DESERVING bunch!

[Average Al]

"Half of Journalists Think Their Offline Publications Will Eventually Fold"

The other half got their pink slips already and they weren't in the survey. lol

[Mr. K]

Now how about we find out who is funding the leftist TV media- they are ALL losing money, and since they are all leftist propaganda arms of the white house this amounts to illegal political donations.

How else could supposed COMPETITORS [CNNBCBSPBSMSNBCNPR] all be in such total agreement on everthing?

[GBA]

There is, and will always be, a market for newspapers. I used to get a couple of the local papers and probably still would if their coverage was less biased.

The local info, the want ads and coupons are still reasons to get the papers, but I strongly don't want to support an industry that abuses their trust and responsibility as 'journalism' does.

[NoExpectations]

I believe you are a dying breed. Look at the 20-somethings...they don’t watch TV or read newspapers. It’s the net period. Local coupons are being distributed by email for FREE.

[Dutch Boy]

Half the journalists don’t know that are not journalists, they are activists.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Activists in journalism = propagandists.

[Paladin2]

They used to be reporters (though they still told stories), as opposed to the editorial page and the columnists sprinkled throughout.

Then they all became journalists with an axe to grind.

[Jedidah]

You failed to mention freedom of the press as one of our guaranteed rights.

Sure, I know the “new” (i.e. electronic) media is healthy, as opposed to print publications which have lost huge chunks of ad revenue to the internet.

But what happens if, by design or catastrophe, we lose electronic capability? You better hope that the old standby — the printing press — is still available as messenger.

Most of us are appalled at the no-guns folks who want to eliminate the right to own firearms. Yet often, here on FR, people celebrate the idling of another printing press.

Better think twice. Could come back to bite.

[Jedidah]

See post #13.

[ThunderSleeps]

...and the other half is wrong.

That's what I was thinking - the other half must be delusional. The industry is rapidly moving on to new technology. How many steam locomotive mechanics are there? How many wagon wheel shops are there? Typewriter repair shops? Places to get tubes for your old Magnavox?

Sure, there will be a few holdouts that stay in business as boutiques and for history buffs. There'll always be a small percentage that like to read their news from paper media. But the industry as a whole is moving. Good riddance to controlling biased editors and staff.

[April Lexington]

And the other half are just economically clueless Liberals!