Newspapers are heading where the magazines went years ago - speciality and niche markets.
The liberal newspapers will never die off. They'll simply break into highly specialized writing geared toward a select audience. I believe we'll start seeing broadsheets reporting exclusively on business, the environment, etc., all from a liberal slant. The circulation will be fraction of what general readership newspaper can attract.
Those newspapers that want to attract a mass audience will need to start reporting the news straight, without a whining socialist slant, with the five Ws prominent, and a respect for what the readers want.
Right now newspapers are simply writing to impress other left wing newspapers to get a pat on the back from their liberal comrades.
Good riddance to the lot of 'em.
Newspapers are dead, they just haven't realized it yet. Daily printed news is over. It is purely for nostalgia and habit that we still have it.
We no longer have newsreels at the movie theaters. We no longer have town criers.
News in a paper is 8-36 hours old by the time is sees print. It gets older by the hour before it is delivered, picked up (off the porch or newsstand), and consumed/read.
Might as well go to weekly news tabloids/magazines instead. Sports scores and reporting can hold until publication, there can still be advertising supplements, tv guide, comics/puzzles/games, entertainment listings, restaurant reviews, editorials, long form analysis of news, obituaries, election guides, maps, timelines, etc.
If not once a week, at least reduce publication from DAILY. Such a waste of paper all to justify higher advertising rates.
24 headline news, hourly radio updates, internet access to wirestories, etc. all blow the print competition away when it comes to news. Any journalism awards are always going to be given to longer form news items, not breaking news (timely vs. exclusive).
Does ANYONE look to the print newspaper for weather information anymore? The latest satellite info will always outperform the fishwrap.