Johnson: Newspapers To Dodos

The current owners of the Oregonian have adopted similar strategies for papers in New Orleans and Cleveland , so for anyone reading the ink blotches the further reductions in journalistic talent and the continual shrinking of news content shouldn’t have really been a huge surprise. I have no doubt that the economics of journalism have turned brutal and that new approaches are required. Newspaper circulation continues to decline – the Oregonian’s off about one-third in the last ten years – and ad revenue continues to hemorrhage. A newspaper lover is left to conclude that, like Detroit automakers of the past or health insurance company executives of the present, most of the folks running newspapers are decidedly ill-equipped to re-invent their products. Getting better almost never means getting smaller and harder to find/ Marc Johnson , The Johnson Report. More here.

Question: Would you subscribe to a newspaper that was only available for home delivery on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays?