when will all newspapers cease publishing?

Question

sure, alot of jobs to be lost but look how it will the trees and enviroment. also, how many papers are using recycled paper?---and where could those workers go?--since the internet---do we really need them anymore?--------your thoughts

Answer 1

As soon as Rupert Murdoch finishes buying them all. He's going to out source all the jobs anyway

Answer 2

There probably will be a need for newspapers indefinitely, especially in the big cities. Commuters still buy millions of copies of the paper each morning, whether to read along the way or read when they get to work.

Newspapers also are adapting to the Internet, and that will only grow. Circulation numbers certainly will drop for a while, but I would think total readership should level out at some point.

By the way, considering the quality of local news at most television stations, a newspaper seems like an essential purchase in order to know what's happening in the community.

Answer 3

Well, I don't know if you're going to see a 'specific' day when they all cease operations... but I do agree that it's just a matter of time. Eventually they will die off, one by one, due to the change in the financial climate - it just won't be cost-effective anymore.

Personally, I haven't picked up a 'physical' newspaper to read in about 4-5 years now... I get all my news either from internet or tv (CNN.com, etc.) and I know many, many people who are of similar circumstances.

The "workers" will get absorbed by the economy, no doubt. Just like when any industry goes "belly-up".