[lbo-talk] ciao, newspapers

C. G. Estabrook galliher at illinois.edu
Fri Jan 22 18:20:46 PST 2010


"By and large, down the decades, the mainstream newspapers have — often rabidly — obstructed and sabotaged efforts to improve our social and political condition." --<http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn01012010.html>

Doug Henwood wrote:
> <http://news.harrisinteractive.com/profiles/investor/ResLibraryView.asp?BzID=1963&ResLibraryID=35425&Category=1777>
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> Jan 13, 2010
> Just Two in Five Americans Read a Newspaper Almost Every Day
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> Less than one-quarter of 18-34 year olds read a paper each day
> NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Newspapers around the country are struggling.
> 2009 saw a few newspapers change their business model to an online focus
> or shut down completely. 2010 will most likely see the same struggle
> and, perhaps, new business models emerge for these media entities. One
> thing is clear, the era of Americans reading a daily newspaper each and
> every day is coming to an end.
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> Just two in five U.S. adults (43%) say they read a daily newspaper,
> either online or in print almost every day. Just over seven in ten
> Americans (72%) say they read one at least once a week while 81% read a
> daily newspaper at least once a month. One in ten adults (10%) say they
> never read a daily newspaper.
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