A Teenager Just Bought a Local Paper to Challenge Social Media’s Stronghold on News Distribution
As the article titles states, a teenager bought a local newspaper to challenge the view of print media declining throughout the years. It would be surprising for anyone to buy newspaper on a regular basis, let alone a teenager. He states the purchases of his newspapers is different because "My friends think Facebook is where they can get ‘local news,’ and I just don’t believe that. That ‘news’ isn’t always news, and it’s hardly ever really local.” Since then, he's also rebranded to the Monroe County Herald and will begin distribution to the paper’s 1,800 subscribers this week. He plans to keep his focus local and highlight area sports and include shopping inserts for the grocery stores nearby.
- print circulation, which declined by 9%, while digital circulation increased by 2%.
- Average weekday circulation for newspapers fell 7%, the most since 2010
- Only three newspapers had more average weekday digital circulation than average weekday print circulation in the same period.
Print's dying media may or may not be revived, given the statistics that show and support that it is dying at a very, very rapid rate that almost means that its very likely it will die out, let alone be revived. Hayden Taylor, the boy who bought Central Delta Argus-Sun's newspaper and his plans to revive newspaper that are local to him may be a chance, however for it to have an impact on a global scale is ineffectual.
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