I do it in the evening; Chris prefers to do it with his morning coffee. We have two delivered every day; the Calgary Herald and the National Post; when I am out & about I buy the Globe & Mail. In spite of all our efforts articles abound that the newspaper industry is in peril.
Is this slump in sales, partially due to different generational tastes yes, and it is also about lifestyle. Everyday I revel in, utilize and thoroughly enjoy the technology that puts the world at my figure tips. It allows me no limitations to where I can take both my coaching company and online magazine. However when it comes time to relax I prefer the print media format.
I don’t think we are seeing an end of print media so much as a time of rebirth. “We have a generation that is consuming information in totally different ways” says news anchor Kevin Newman in an interview that talks about his decision to leave his on air news job in order to explore the world of digital media. (Read Crossing digital divide, interview by Karen Mazurkewich)
Time’s Managing Editor Richard Stengel recently announced that ‘For the first time since the magazine’s birth in 1923, we will soon be delivering the entire contents of TIME to paying customers in a radically different way: as a self-contained application that you can download to the iPad. (From Ushering In a New Era)
Even though the competion for readership numbers is no longer about who has the news box on the corner of main and 1st street; the media companies are still choosing to handle the issues in a singularly autonomous fashion. Will the different media apps for devices such as the Blackberry or pay for content on the Internet prove to be the sustaining solution? Of all the articles being written on this subject, James Poniewozik sums up the current situation best in his editorial All the News That’s Fit to Mint
I think tackling the insatiable need for information and news in today’s world with a more united or partnering approach might prove to be the beginning of a solution for the media’s woes; in other words to go where no newspapers have gone before.
With Your Biscotti & Coffee
1) There was once a time when I would plow through any book, now I have to agree with Sonya Chung the list of books that I haven’t finished has increased. From her column in The 
Millions blog read Sonya’s post – It’s Not You, It’s Me: Breaking Up With Books.
2) Things are so troubled for the Roman Catholic Church that it is easy to forget that there are some truly heroic nuns and priests doing some remarkable work in the world. From the NY Times Who Can Mock This Church? by Nicholas D. Kristof
3) Does your dog like to rock to Bono or is your cat more of a jazz fan? If you don’t think that they have a preference check out the world’s first Music fof Dogs concert, article by Amy Coopes.
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Hi Jill,
This was a very interesting and thought provoking piece and as someone who works in social media every day, I find it very relevant. I am so glad that I read it because I don’t watch the news (except to listen to Canada AM peripherally in the mornings sometimes) or read newspapers and I didn’t know that Kevin Newman has stepped down from his anchor job with Global. I did watch him from time to time because I met him when I was working for entertainment lawyer, Michael Levine, in Toronto, and I liked him so much and have so much respect for him as a broadcaster. His coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the tragedy in New Orleans stands out in my mind.
Technology is changing so rapidly that it’s utterly exhausting to try to keep up with it. I’m always flailing behind and yet I know that I know much more than many people my age and older. The world is changing and the way we get our information has definitely changed. It is important to be willing to learn new things all the time because if we don’t, we’re going to be left behind in a world that will have no place for us.
By the way, my dog definitely likes to rock to Bono!
Thanks for the thought provoking response. Kevin Newman will be a loss to Canadian broadcasting for many reasons. Ironically he is the very type of news broadcaster that the media needs to stay relevant and to attract viewers.