RIP PI

[gfish]

I'm a bad citizen. I simply don't care that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is dead. I'm sorry.

I know it had been around for a long time, and I hate to see old things go away. But the newspaper business model is broken. Deeply, utterly broken. Haven't we learned by now the futility of fighting against a technology-driven change in business model viability? And I know that newspaper-funded journalism is a cornerstone of our society. I'm not sure what will replace it -- I'm not even sure anything will replace it. We could well be heading into a fairly bad period for journalism and democracy. Whatever the solution is, I'm quite sure it doesn't involve printing things on pieces of paper and delivering them as a subscription service.

This has been coming for all of my adult life. The only emotional response I have is surprise that more haven't died already.

Comments

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

I did say "local", and I'm well aware of the suck that's been transpiring nationally. Leaving the job to the bloggers, though, won't solve the problem.

[neuro42.livejournal.com]

Oh, the bloggers are no better, to be sure.