Byline or Flatline: Are we Witnessing the Death of Newspapers?

I believe it was the American political satirist, Jon Stewart who jokingly mused on his popular show “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” about the imminent future of global print media. In a segment, entitled “Clusterf#@k to the Poor House“, Stewart asked his audience ” What’s black and white and completely over? Give up? It’s newspapers!”

Although it is true that traditional print media has successfully safeguarded itself against past competition, with the likes of radio and television expelled to the proverbial shade, experts and journalists alike believe that the Internet is proving a worthy adversary in the quest for custom.