Is there a thread for the rapid death of the newspaper industry?

Have seen a few graphs like this, and they almost always extrapolate out a steady decline at current rates, and then wait until that hits zero and proclaim that d-day. But actually papers will die long before that -- you don't keep a huge newsroom going on a circulation of 10,000, for instance. 2019 seems wildly optimistic, basically.

Is there a thread for the rapid death of a Sky News correspondent's career?

I am the crime correspondent and report on crime stories worldwide.I have broken exclusive news stories through my extensive network of contacts.My information led to Sky News being the first to report that the July 7 events in London were the work of terrorists. I also broke the news of death of the Queen Mother and the murder of Jill Dando among a long list of scoops.I have reported extensively from Portugal on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and interviewed Robert Murat. I also covered the Suffolk murders.

'rock & roll part 11'

also what's with 'GAQRY_GLITTER'

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Jn-LeUC-BnU/TNkH05BYkhI/AAAAAAAABkY/0xYW73_UuiM/s400/untaken_name%2BIMG_20101105_175841.jpg

Pulitzer-worthy journalism courtesy of my local newspaper.

fuck it just exterminate all kids, no kids=no paedos.

i don't even have kids, i just don't want paedos taking my parking space.

Groundbreaking and revolutionary stuff, here:

Monday’s box flagged up the worst Christmas cracker jokes members of the i team had come across, and we picked up the baton online and asked followers of @TheIPaper, the official i Twitter account, for their own entries. Below are a small selection of those received, and an embedded widget with a live feed of new ones.

NOEL GALLAGHER Musician: 'It's a top idea to have a paper for clever people who can't be arsed to spend hours reading every day'

this reads like something from the 'inner life of noel gallagher' thread. amazing.

Eddy Cue on the webcast looks like a mirror universe Dave Foley. This can't go well.

http://www.thedaily.com

Basically this is like about as good an idea in 2011 as buying Myspace was in 2006.

The Q&A is going so awkwardly.

Asked by the FT about The Daily's demographic targeting, their answer is "everybody".

http://i.imgur.com/lDgHo.png

"You can click on an ad, and it turns into a video"

Amazing.

I hate it when that happens.

Looks like Murdoch is in the midst of 'dropping the kids off at the pool'. UNGGGGGGGH.

The webcast is a rebroadcast from earlier, but stay tuned for the Q&A - it's when it becomes really clear that their plan is falling apart.

Quick estimate of the figures is that they need one in every 30 iPad owners to pay and keep paying for it to break even.

Been playing with the Daily here. It's total shit. It crashes all the time, the UI is this horrible car-crash between PDF pages and iPad, it crashes all the time, it's boring and it crashes. all. the. time.

Today's editorial:

New times demand new journalism. Modern technology has given us more ways to tell stories than ever before — words, pictures, audio, video and interactive graphics. The Daily will deliver them all.

These amazing times also demand new ideas, and The Daily will deliver those too.

We live at a moment of unprecedented social and technological transformation, of political tension in the United States and upheaval abroad. These times call for arguments that push beyond calcified partisanship and the political battles of yesteryear. We need new voices that inform, entertain and provoke.

On these pages you’ll find views from across the political spectrum. They will come from across cultures and generations, across America and the world.

Here you will read reviews of books that matter. Pieces that explore religious faith. And history stories that illuminate where we come from.

You will also find The Daily’s own point of view. We will crusade for reforming America’s broken schools so we can remain the world’s pre-eminent economic and technological power. We will fight for sensible immigration reform and smart environmental laws. We will push for policies that give Americans the maximum possible freedom in their personal lives. And we don’t believe that expanding government is the solution to most problems.

Above all else, we will stand for freedom and with those who seek it. We believe America is exceptional, and must retain its unique role as global leader.

Not everyone will agree with us. But we know that, from the clamor of debate, new and world-changing ideas emerge. The Daily looks forward to being your guide and companion as our new era begins.

Shall I pitch them the Jesus Rides Dinosaur story, or have they already done that?

Awesome:

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Feb/Week2/15927106.jpg

haha is that what it looks like on the newsstand?

Sadly not, just seen a copy.

It's not hitting the level of solemnity here, going "Ttty tyrtyty yttyty tty tyyt tytyty yttyty", really, is it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTI2xX5ttkQ

thank thank thank you thank you really thank you thank you you thank thank you is a bit much. It's not going to sell that many papers.

http://i.imgur.com/EjqLK.jpg

new york times paywall is going up : /

On NYTimes.com, you can view 20 articles each month at no charge (including slide shows, videos and other features). After 20 articles, we will ask you to become a digital subscriber, with full access to our site.

It would be a fine system, if every other large online newspaper wasn't completely free.
Oh, I read my 20 articles? Guess I'll head over to CNN, NPR, USA Today, BBC, etc etc

didn't they try that before and lose a ton of money

No, that was a case of them thinking the world was dying to pay lots of money for the insightful wit and wisdom of Maureen O'Dowd.

"For the next three weeks Jay Leno stands in for Jeremy Clarkson"

Well done The Sunday Times, repurposing columns from your sister US papers for a country that has no clue who Jay Leno is.

you know who jay leno is, i know who jay leno is, and i don't think we're so bleedin exceptional (besides, he's been on top gear so i'm guessing that's part of the reason for the substitution)

Suppose Clarkson's column being printed in the New York Post would make less sense.

Yeah, Jay Leno's quite well known to Top Gear viewers, and Sunday Times readers aren't yer "no idea what goes on in other countries" types, as a rule.

Belatedly catching up with the Society of News Design's best newspaper design winner for 2010. Portugual's i launched in 2009 - phenomenal work to turn this kind of thing around daily:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmarques_/sets/72157625931753217/

HOUSES THAT LOOK LIKE PEOPLE

lebedev paid too much imho

Daily Sport and Sunday Sport cease publication and calls in administrators

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=46915&c=1

RIP. they would have to do this on april fool's day, confusing the boundaries of fact and fiction even in their death throes.

rot in piss

Sad for the staff and their families, but this is a great opportunity for other newspapers to pick up some of their readers. I hope the Guardian has a strategy fot this.

It's a newspaper?

Worst front page splash ever?

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Apr/Week1/15965386.jpg

Terrible nonsensical headline and a photo of a 14 year-old fruity girl? Plus points for the double Roo joke, though.

Agree.

(except unsure what 'fruity' means here)

A Private Eye term for the sort of teenager who gets her picture on the front of the Telegraph on A level results day.

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Apr/Week3/15976393.jpg

Feed her some fruit.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian/2011/apr/27/guardian-local-update

Guardian kills its local project because it's "not sustainable". Where does that thinking end then, eh?

I'd guess that Dave Hill's London blog is safe, though.