Newspapers struggle to avoid their own obit | csmonitor.com
They face dwindling circulation and competition from other outlets, but are likely to survive - if they can adapt.By Randy Dotinga | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Will the last American newspaper lose its last reader before the middle of the century? Journalism professor Philip Meyer thinks it's possible.
After all, the percentage of adults who report reading daily newspapers has fallen from 81 percent in 1964 to just 52 percent in 2004. If the trend continues, there won't be any readers left within a few decades, says Mr. Meyer, an author and former reporter who teaches at the University of North Carolina.
Newspapers struggle to avoid their own obit | csmonitor.com
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