Quote Originally Posted by know1 View Post
I don't think it's due to the economy. I think it's due to technology. I don't understand why anyone even reads the paper anymore since you can get current news from many sources on demand on the web (computer or smartphone). Why would an advertiser spend money on something that is dying out?

It would be like advertising on the side of a horse and buggy in the 1950s.

I purchased my last newspaper about 8 years ago at least.
Trust me the print media is going nowhere. Even the papers have web sites and they still have advertisers. Plus, a lot of magazines and newspapers put certaint extras on the web site but leave out valuable content. I am a magzine writer and I can tell you that the economy has hurt because when companies cut their budgets, advertising is one of the first things to get cut. I know of a couple of magazines that went out of business because of the lack of advertising dollars.