Changing with the times

I agree with several points mentioned in the John Shafer article regarding the death of print news in America. Shafer touched on several key points involving the change that is to be made to this timeless media source, but one point overshadowed all the rest. Shafer details news companies should see this as a challenge, rather than the end to a “media giant.” Although most Americans today use a computer and retrieve their daily dose of news, rather than spend the money on a newspaper, the media companies can use this to their advantage.

Almost every major news corporation, as well as local newspaper, has their own web page to retrieve information, not only from the original newspaper, but updated stories from days to minutes after new information is released. If, as predicted, the newspaper media falls to the curb, companies can take their websites and transform them into their “new newspaper.” By charging customers for an online news subscription, the companies will still be turning over a profit, as well as keeping up with the changes in our technologies. Although some may see this as ridiculous, how else is the newspaper media going to stay afloat if the physical paper disappears?
Today’s generation is only concerned with achieving the information they seek fast. If we can discover all the local and global news around us with the touch of a button, rather than a trip to the corner store, we will have once again proved the death of newspapers is approaching and emanate. By embracing this new technology, newspaper corporations will not be left behind, but seen at the forefront of the upcoming information age.