| Since the inception of the internet and free news, | | | | many things that can be done to curb this trend and |
| the historic version of newspaper reading and | | | | to revive an industry that is said to be on the way |
| subscription has been spiraling downward. Can you | | | | out, just like the telegraph. |
| blame the consumer for taking advantage of the | | | | One of the things that Footnote is currently |
| digital age and the opportunity to get up to the hour | | | | accomplishing is to take the historic US Newspaper |
| and sometimes minute of world news stories? Large | | | | Archives, digitize and index them for posterity. This is |
| newspapers have slogged on down the road. They | | | | a great way to preserve our history. Newspapers are |
| have tried to consolidate and to thin down in order | | | | a daily journal of the world and the local areas they |
| to survive but it hasn’t helped. What is the | | | | represent. Footnote has partnered with Gannett in |
| destiny of the written page? It all depends on | | | | doing just that. Not only are Footnote and Gannett |
| whether the modern day newspaper embraces the | | | | partnered in this project, but Gannett is also looking |
| internet and becomes innovative in its door to door | | | | toward the future, with Footnote, by creating sites |
| news approach, or continues to believe that it will win | | | | for remembering the past through historic newspaper |
| the battle by plodding on. | | | | headlines(HistoryBeat). Allowing readers to contribute |
| There are a number of ways that the newspaper | | | | to the newspaper is a great way to increase |
| industry can survive. However, many of the current | | | | circulation. That is being done on this site as well. |
| executives have either given up or they are adhering | | | | Along with blogging and all of the other social |
| to archaic notions. The first thing that they need to | | | | networking programs on the internet, our local papers |
| do is to embrace and make their #1 priority the | | | | need to utilize this venue in the written page as well. |
| digital direction of their paper. They need to | | | | Connecting the past to the present is another |
| restructure what they print and possibly scale down | | | | avenue that the digital age has brought to modern |
| or be prepared to scale down their distribution both in | | | | day newspaper subscription |
| outlying areas and days delivered. Embracing the | | | | Bringing out historic us news for study will only |
| notion of free classified like Craig’s List and other | | | | strengthen the companies that are doing this by |
| internet concepts will be important in the written | | | | name recognition with their public offerings. If they |
| work. Focusing more on the local news and | | | | then capitalize on change as far as their current |
| happenings as well as thinning down unnecessary | | | | philosophy and future newspaper distribution model is |
| columns by pointing the reader to either their internet | | | | concerned they will not lose. |
| site or others, is cost saving and savvy. There are so | | | | |