Besides being a full time college student, the current state of our economy doesn’t help my financial situation. Money is definitely tight for a lot of people and I know a lot of people who have had to sacrifice things in their life in order to make ends meet.
I know that when it comes time to eliminate something from my budget I usually take out something I don’t really need, or can be substituted with a cheaper alternative. Considering most news content is free online and newspapers cost money, more and more people are considering the cheaper alternative and neglecting to read print media.
Many newspaper companies have printed their last issue, laid off workers, and have moved more and more content to the Internet. On top of all the challenges that newspapers already face in today’s society the recession definitely does not help .
This picture shown in an article by Alan Taylor featuring scenes from the Recession very clearly illustrates the struggles newspapers are facing. This is an empty Rocky Mountain News newsroom.
The closing of the Rocky Mountain News may be a warning sign for other newspapers around the country. It was Colorado’s oldest newspaper, and closed 2 months short of its 150th anniversary. But as this article points out, the Rocky Mountain news isn’t the only newspaper with failure on the horizon, due in part to the recession.
Thanks Recession for helping the failure of yet another industry.
And to agree with this blogger, in these poor economic times most people would rather turn to free news content on the web then go down to the end of their driveway in their pajamas to pick up the paper.
