Newspapers
Adults who read newspaper content weekly
74% in print or online, according to a report (PDF link) from Scarborough Research.
On newspaper serendipity
The recommendation systems of Amazon and Netflix ably steer us to more of what we like. But tempting us to xenophily, luring us to stuff we don’t know and wouldn’t think we’d enjoy, is as yet a purely human skill. It’s the bread and butter of the daily newspaper. — Harry R. Lewis, professor of [...]
Newspaper ad sales decrease in one quarter
29% / $2,800,000,000 for the second quarter of 2009, according to stats released by the Newspaper Association of America this week (analysis by Alan Mutter of Reflections of a Newsosaur here)
News if newspapers never existed
If Mr. Gutenberg had come up with the Internet instead of movable type back in the late 15th century and for 400 years we had used the Internet for news and all types of entertainment and all kinds of everything else and I came along one day and said I have got this wonderful idea: [...]