Newspapers:Effect of online technology

Based on the handout you've read and the links provided, answer these questions on your blog with detailed, in-depth paragraphs. Remember, critical autonomy means forming your own opinions on these issues.

1) Do you agree with James Murdoch that the BBC should not be allowed to provide free news online? Why?

I believe that James Murdoch has a point about how the BBC shouldn't allow there online news content to be free. It makes it harder for the other institutions who charge for their content. What James Murdoch is saying is to just put a price for the content and a subscription because BBC is giving high valued news for free and making all other news websites down as they dont make money at all making it difficult for them to survive. 

2) Read this blog on the Times paywall three years on.

3) Was Rupert Murdoch right to put his news content (The Times, The Sun) behind a paywall?

I think if he believes his news content is high value that people would have to pay then he can put his news content behind a paywall, its the choice of the audience if they want to. He believes that "The world is changing  and newspapers have to adapt" and what he does here is says how the world is evolving in technology therefore newspapers also have to adapt to the evolution. 

4) Choose two comments from below the Times paywall article - one that argues in favour of the paywall and one that argues against. Copy a quote from each and explain which YOU agree with and why.

.@NewsCorp's UK CEO Mike Darcey on Times 140,000 paid subscribers & growing revenue from engaged readers http://bit.ly/11cDyYa  h/t @psmith

This comment is said to be showing the enjoyment of the readers. It is to show the money that the Times is making and the subscribers who are building up and this could lead somewhere.

 @rajunarisetti @newscorp @psmith but what are they really buying?

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/nexus-7-for-50-when-you-subscribe-to-the-times-tablet-app-50009904/ …

This is explaining are we really paying for the news or just the Times advertisement as to showing the nexus 7 ad for it. They're giving advertisement methods to engage audience and the person commenting is suggesting is that what we really buying as to not showing the content which can be shown as there is a pay wall.

5) Read this article from the Media Briefing on the continuing decline of the newspaper industry. 

6) Why do you think the Evening Standard has bucked the trend and increased circulation and profit in the last two years?

This is because of how newspapers they have made as they say 700,000 a day its more likely to 900,000 as they are pushing for increase of circulation. They made a 27% increase of circulation by the ABC. However they lost 5% of their audiences meaning in that period it was going down slowly.

7) Is there any hope for the newspaper industry or will it eventually die out? Provide a detailed response to this question explaining and justifying your opinion.

In my opinion i believe that newspapers will go down, this would be by the use of digital devices and the digital content you can exceed with, newspapers cant go back up traditionally in percentages because if so it would be a niche audience who would like it. Rupert Murdoch is right that newspapers have adapt to the use of new technology but it would be too late as maybe getting money however its the audience who would still follow them. Advertisement right now is what saving newspaper industry and also the people who for them to carry as for the reason  they think its important.