Whither Print Media?

In Sunday’s Post business section, Frank Ahrens picked up the recent ‘whither the newspaper’ meme, examining the reasons behind the steady decline in circulation over the last 17 years.

While there’s little new in his article, Ahrens manages to tie together a bunch of pieces of recent news: the rise of free tabloids, falling circulation, rising web readership, and the possibility of charging for online editions. Indeed the graphic from Ahrens’ article certainly paints a scary picture for the industry (and has very amusing illustrations of how Americans now get their news).

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