Know-How Exchange : Research/Metrics

Here's a recent article on this very topic:

"Newspapers find gold in "we" media"
https://www.imediaconnection.com/content/16406.asp

See https://www.futureofthenewspaper.com/

What the media industry is doing to go online:
https://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/STUDENTS/Kaplan/industry.htm

and Newspapers in transformation
https://www.imediaconnection.com/content/16406.asp

hi there

great resources posted by my colleagues

lemme share with you my experience which IMHO is the future and challenges of newspaper.

almost all the major dailies and other newspapers of bangladesh have online version which is updated at least twice a day, in the evening as well as after the midnight(when the printed version is being prepared for distribution).

these online versions of 'paper' newspapers are under threat from a online newspaper called bdnews24 (web www.bdnews24.com). it doesnt have any printed version, rather updated in realtime.

this online newspaper is the fastest growing newspaper of Bangladesh and the visits to the site sky-rocketed during the recent political crises Bangladesh went through in Oct'06 to Jan'07 period.

on the first hit of the site, you will get a summary of each of all the news on the site. if you need to get detailed news you need to register with the newspaper. then you will just sign-in and read all the news in the site.

most of the office-executives (as well as ppl on the go with internet facility) browse this site as they get real-time update of the national and international news. and this is i think is the biggest challenge faced by regular 'paper' newspapers.

the future of newspapers lies in realtime online update as well as update via the mobile/handheld devices via sms or IVRs

hope this helps.

cheers!!