Here is a topic i found interesting to listen to - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100256908. the news i listened to was about the issue of decreasing profits over many newspapers companies throughout the U.S. The reporter asked people how they got news and what they looked for when reading newspapers; he also had discussion over the newspaper problems. the companies he mentioned in this podcast are Courant, the Tribune, and the New York Time; but he focused only Courant. Many people believed that Courant will be close due to its loosing "circulation and advertising revenues"; and the way people get news in these day. he said, today, the stuff of this company was about half of the stuff it had "a decade ago"; however, as many big companies, Court is not going to be closed, but it might not report some unimportant news to save its budget. for example, the New York Time will stop report about "the local basketball teams or the local color stories". And Courant might use this solution too.
yes, who are getting news from news paper? this blog clearly precent the status and problem in press industry, and I also get some experiment solution for press.
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ReplyDeleteI think that nowadays,internet is the best way to get the news because you can read many online newspapers without paying anything.Also you can be up to date with any news and you dont have to wait for the next day to read the newspaper.I believe that internet is the main reason of that problem.Its much easier and faster.
What does "to fold" mean in this context: "I wonder how long it will take for this business to fold"?
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Your summary is pretty good, but here's an important correction - you mention "stuff" above, but the audio clip uses the word "staff". Listen to the part about the New York Times (NYT) covering basketball. What the author means here is that the New York Times has never covered local (such as high school) basketball games. So, if the NYT does not cover this type of news, what kind of paper will? What do you think? What happens if small papers like the Courant stop covering local basketball games?