I've been fascinated with the coming end of the news paper. It is a topic that has been discussed widely in many forums, but especially in "new media" outlets which ironically are the cause of the news paper's demise.
Unfortunately, what papers are doing to cut costs as circulations and add revenue decline is impacting me. Earlier this week, the LA Daily News laid off Tony Jackson, the LA Dodgers beat writer. This means there are only two beat writers (only one print journalist) currently traveling with the team; Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times, and Ken Gurnick of MLB.com. As Jon Weisman notes, it wasn't long ago that there were a dozen beat writers travelling with the Dodgers to provide coverage.
I've heard a few suggestions for what to do about the troubles news papers are faced with, but none is better than what Marc Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks nonchalantly conjures up in his most recent blog post. It wasn't luck this guy made a billion in an internet bubble deal, and cashed out before the bubble burst.
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