The Year The Newspaper Died. What's next? Blogs?

from Silicon Alley Insider by Preethi Dumpala

As you may have noticed, newspapers have had a rough 2009. But you may not quite appreciate the magnitude of the collapse.

So far this year:

• 105 newspapers have been shuttered.
  
• 10,000 newspaper jobs have been lost.
• Print ad sales fell 30% in Q1 '09.
  
• 23 of the top 25 newspapers reported circulation declines between 7% and 20%.