Newspapers were just getting used to news being broadcast on television when suddenly the advent of the Internet dealt a crucial blow to the newspaper industry. Most of the newspapers have not been able to withstand the onslaught of the Internet and have been forced to close. Let’s first look at the basic difference between newspapers and electronic news.
Pros of online news
The advantages of online news are mainly for the readers. Some of these advantages are as follows.
Electronic news is much faster than newspapers. The moment something happens anywhere in the world, it is published on the Internet in a matter of seconds. In the case of newspapers, there is a specific time limit for any news to be reported in a particular newspaper. Suppose the newspaper is going to print at midnight, anything that happens after midnight will probably be published the next day. In these types of situations, the newspaper offers outdated news to readers who have already accessed the news online.
Any newspaper is published one, two or maximum three times a day. On the other hand, electronic news is usually updated several times in 24 hours.
If you have Internet access, you don’t have to wait for the delivery person to deliver your paper.
Electronic news is considered to save paper and help nature conservation.
Cons of online news
Online news has some disadvantages, but it is mainly for newspaper publishers. Subscription and announcement fees are greatly reduced for online news. This implies that as the number of online news readers increases, the revenue generation of the newspaper publisher is drastically reduced.
Ways of survival of newspapers
There are few ways that newspapers can resort to survive the blow of electronic news. Some of the newspapers charge subscription to the readers who like to read more than what is offered for free. There is only one link for “more” which can be activated and put to work after paying some subscription charges. If you do not pay for the subscription, the “more” link cannot be activated.
Most newspaper publishers have realized that if they want the newspaper to survive, they have to publish it both in print and online on the Internet.
Apple’s iPad has brought some hope to newspapers. There are applications that allow the iPad user to access the Internet and also newspapers.
Today it is necessary for the newspaper to make a unique offer to its readers.
The other way for newspaper publishers to survive is through blogging. There are chances that the subscription fee can reduce the revenue generated, but at the same time it is also seen that unique blogs can generate a lot of business for the newspaper publisher.
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