The internet has been a boon for everyone but a bane for the print industry. It has been 10 years since the general public has started using the net. Now, most of us ( City folks) get our news by referring online websites, through emails, watching news online or as alerts through sms by registering to some website.
The trend of switching from the printed media to digital media has already started. In the western countries, the print media has already started incurring losses. This trend is still yet to catch up in a full fledged manner in India but its not too far. The future is predictable and the condition in the western countries is an insight to to what can be expected. The print is eventually going to die and everything is going to get digitalized.
The famous Financial Times in Europe has started charging their users for reading their online content and the New York Times is soon to follow in their footsteps. The Hindu newspaper charges its readers to read its epaper but the articles are still free in the website. The Times of India and the Indian Express epapers are still free.
The times are changing and its not going to be long before when all the E-news will be having a charge on it. The famous bloggers might charge for their articles also.
Just be Ready!!
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same is d case wid e-books. i do think the joy of holding a book can never b replaced by an online version. its a shame dat d internet could bring about the annihilation of something that has been a vital part of the society for generations. what happens to d wake up in d morning and read d paper wid d bfast concept?? do we carry r laptops or check r msgs for that? some joys can never b replaced n i hope dis isnt one of those cases.
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