Perhaps it is no longer a surprise. It has become repeated news. Another newspaper will cease its print publication. The Ann Arbor News will no longer be printed:
Another major city newspaper will print its final edition. This time, it is the Seattle Post-Intelligencer which ends its long run in the print media:
The list of major newspapers that may disappear in this economy are established names in the industry. When even a short list is compiled, it focuses on the extent and the magnitude of problem that newspapers face. The names are all familiar:
The much publicized mother of fourteen (14) children has turned to the internet for funding. Without a job and with fourteen children in her care, Nadya Suleman now has a web site to solicit donations:
Another indicator of the decline of newspapers is the filing of bankruptcy by the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
President-elect Barack Obama is considering a former classmate, Julius Genachowski, to be the next head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC):
I will preface these remarks by saying that I am completely and unabashedly biased. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is an excellent newspaper. Online and in print form, it presents as one of the very best sources of local, national and world news. Now, its very existence is threatened:
The internet has placed China in a dilemma. On one hand, China wants to present to the international community as a progressive nation, in all aspects. That was demonstrated by the extent that China focused on the Beijing Olympics. The drawback to technology is that the Chinese government authorities lose control of the dissemination of information.
The expansion of the internet to new web addresses does not seem like a smooth process. Government agencies are involved and agreement on procedures seem to be fraught with differences of opinion:
The repercussions of the cut undersea cables are being felt still. Egypt has had internet service partially restored. For some other Middle East countries, internet and phone services remain disrupted:
