Newspapers may be standing at the edge of a great abyss.
Local newspapers were the first to suffer the chill wind of change as the internet began taking over as the place people get their news. National newspapers are now suffering and Murdoch is reacting. This week he announced that he will introduce charging to all his news websites, including those for The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun and the News of the World, by next summer.
This is a fascinating and important issue for us all. How do newspapers carry on fulfilling their key role in a world where content is increasingly seen as something that people feel should be provided for free, whatever the cost of gathering it.
Read more in The Independent on Sunday on the latest
here. You may also like to read why The Guardian's
Dan Kennedy thinks Murdoch's on a beating to nothing. Also The Huffington Post's
Peter Scheer weighs up the issue and media entrepreneur
Steven Brill is proposing Journalism Online, an operation that would allow newspapers and magazines to charge for online content. Can it work?
All very interesting in its own right and fro us at HArringay Onlien too. What role will sites like this play - and how will sites like this ensure they can keep going. Will it be
by donation?