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  • Last newspaper reader is expected to croak in 2040

    03/14/2005 8:50:10 AM PST · by Coastal · 19 replies · 538+ views
    Toronto Star ^ | March 11, 2005 | ANTONIA ZERBISIAS
    At the rate newspapers are losing circulation, the last reader is expected to croak in 2040. In April to be exact. Philip Meyer, author of The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age made that grim prognostication on Wednesday, during a live webcast about our impending extinction. Since I myself will be dead or defunct by 2040, it's not really my problem — unless I am still trying to collect my Star denture benefits. Don't misunderstand: People will still be talking, online or on whatever new forms of communication will arise. The question is, what will be the quality...