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Local Newspapers versus the internet
My favourite story, from way back, was my local development agency telling me the Internet would never catch on – when I proposed electronic publish in 1995. Sadly some believe that this is still the case. Like it or not, how we receive our news and other important information has changed.
I’m 50 years old and now read the papers on a Sunday to get a more in depth view of what has been happening during the week. The rest of the time I have BBC News 24 or Sky, or the BBC Scotland Website, or numerous RSS feeds from a variety of newsfeeds. Scottish Enterprise, local councillors and other government agencies keep me up to date on Twitter and so on. Now, I may be more Internet savvy than others but I am far from being alone.
The young adults of today get the bulk of their info from their mobile phones and the Internet. As they enter the workplace they will expect to see similar facilities available to them at work. Let us move forward instead of back.
I suppose you could say that it’s evolution – people will always need news and views – but in a format that suits them. Local papers ( and nationals) are struggling to make ends meet. Sadly it can only get worse to the point were newsprint all but disappears. Watch out for electronic paper – once that is fully ready there is no going back. That is why I launched Argyll Free Press
The Times Online and The Guardian are excellent. However, if you want real innovation then step forward Scotland’s newest newspaper – Caledonian Mercury ( http://caledonianmercury.com/) it is bang up to date, features top journalists and is a damn good read.
Local papers currently fill a need but the Internet is where it is all going to happen in the very near future.
Nowhere is this more telling than at our local recycling centre. Two years ago I started counting the number of bundles of the Dunoon Observer that had been consigned to the skips. I would estimate is has doubled in that period. Just an observation you understand:o)
