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> Printed newspapers were surviving just fine

Oh boy, that's so not the case.

My previous job was still in IT but the company had a strong foothold in the news&media sector. Most newsroom are struggling and have been for at least the last ten years.

Digital content has eroded newspapers' income very very much.



> Digital content has eroded newspapers' income very very much.

This is the concept I don't think people get when they say "clearly newspapers used to be sustain themselves in the past" -- the market has fundamentally changed and now newspapers and magazines aren't the only game in town competing for people's passive entertainment time.




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