10 reasons I want my news in paper
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, an important American newspaper with a significant history related to the desegregation of the South, announced last week that 2025 will be the final year it is delivered in paper form.
The newspaper that Poynter owns, the Tampa Bay Times, has gone to twice-a-week (Wednesday and Sunday) delivery, with significant sections being reduced or deleted.
I am no expert on the economics of news, but you don’t have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. The enterprise of news continues to face two intractable problems: the erosion of its business model, dependent upon print advertising; and the countless attempts by ideologues to undermine its credibility.
As more people — especially a younger demographic — encounter the world on their phones, newspapers as objects are disappearing, along with many of the journalists who created them.
Related Knowledge Center: Inside the newsroom
As newsrooms struggle with rickety business models and precarious finances — as well as new technologies — they are deploying an array of editorial responses.
The Times and its critics | Washington Post mortem
Related Knowledge Center: State of the business model
The traditional journalism business model has long since collapsed, and news organizations have shrunk or disappeared entirely. While a number of promising experiments are under way, the public has not shown a willingness to buy what news organizations are selling.