Tuesday 17 April 2012

The Newspaper and Social Media

CEO's of newspaper companies may still be feel the effect of the internet and social media that they may have ultimately become immune to the sour taste it left in they mouth. Would it be fair to put the sole blame on social media for what it did to traditional media when there are other suspects charged with the same offense?

Look what Iphone did to Blackberry, look at what Blue Ray is doing to High Definition, a common case of what Torrents did to the sales of newly released films and music albums. Christians may even argue for what Judus did to Jesus, but which ever the case it may be the newspaper has still sorta manage to survive this saga.

The newspaper has been marginalized for many reason including the ease of access to information over the internet, the global financial crisis-why buy newspapers when you can read your news online "SAVE"!!
In 2008 the internet took over the newspaper for many reasons including viewing of porn which was number 1 on the internet before the like of Facebook came along. Free subscriptions to online newspapers, which persons like myself stay updated with the world around.

Despite the threat of social media some newspaper have still managed to survive by restructuring their operations by venturing into other areas within the media (comglormerate), using social media to their advantage by setting up networks on its platform. The Newspaper is still one of the most trusted and respected source of getting news and other information because of its long history stretching back to AD when it was first circulated on news sheets called tipao. 


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