A Newspaper Man's Vision

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Balitmore Sun's Dan Rodricks has a vision for a plan to allow newspapers to survive. He suggests that the print version of newspapers will go out when with the generations that want to have it. In order to keep newspapers as a news gathering service, he suggests charging 5 cents for each story that a person visits on the internet.

"You want to be informed by credible, independent news sources.
So pay to be. Assuming it's necessary, I propose that American newspapers get an exemption from federal antitrust statutes, allowing them all to shut down their Web sites on the same day and to reopen in 24 hours with soft gateway charges for each use. A nickel a click" (Rodricks).

Dan Rodricks argues that newspaper organizations represent the most professional and thorough news service. He believes that the newspaper is an American need.

"Bloggers need us. Google needs us. Yahoo needs us. Radio talk shows need us...Democracy needs us" (Rodricks).

When will the print version die out?

What is unique to the newspaper?

Does America need the news paper?

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