[theprisoner]

I remember several years ago, someone suggested to me that someday newspapers may go by the wayside. I laughed. I liked reading the newspaper. However as the years have pasted by that statement is slowly bearing some truth.

The emergence of the Internet over the last few years has massively effected newspapers. I can now read a national paper or my local paper online for free as and when I want to.

The one thing papers had over the Internet a few years back was that they were social (as in you read them in cafes and pub's and leave a copy…then someone else picks it up, and you discuss the day’s news). The emergence of sites like this very one we are on now has seen the social aspect of newspapers move online as we share links to the days news and discuss it.

Until I had access to the Internet I had both national and local newspapers delivered to my house everyday. Now I have none delivered and very rarely buy a paper at all.

For newspapers to continue to exist their form will have to change drastically (to what, I’m not sure).