Comments:Christian Science Monitor to cease daily print publication
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It's about time somebody reported this. Newsprint, except for hyperlocal stuff (and that's only a matter of time) is dead. Media knows this.
I'm still not seeing a response. Is that because they are media stupid?
We as Americans, certainly are media stupid, with the war on terrorism.
Newspapers in Transition[edit]
I actually think that this is the way most newspapers will go eventually. As readership drops, and with it the ad revenue that fuels most papers, they're going to have to go where the readers are and that is, increasingly, online. I used to read my local paper every day faithfully. But since moving to my present address, and having to cancel my newspaper because it was being stolen every day, I started getting more and more news online. I can customize what I want to read, it's always there whenever I'm ready for it, doesn't leave ink on my hands and doesn't need to be bundled up and put out with the trash. I also don't have to weed through 5 pounds of advertising on a Sunday to read a half pound of news. And it's FREE! If there's anything I want to share with my friends I can either email it or print it out. What's NOT to like about that? On the other hand, print newspapers will be missed in some areas; paper training puppies, putting under cat litter boxes and bird cages, shredded for packing material for fragile objects, parents and teachers will have to find something else to put under kids messy art and craft projects and some artists will need a substitute for their papier mache' art works, the homeless will miss it as insulation for their coats and cardboard shelters, and people without computers will miss it as well. And yet, think of how many trees will be saved because there won't be the need for all that newsprint. Who knows what will happen a few years down the road, but I don't think the 'Monitor' will be the last paper to go digital. We'll see...207.69.137.15 —Preceding comment was added at 08:29, 17 November 2008 (UTC)