Blog tasks: The decline in print media
The impact of Google Read this article looking at the impact Google has had on the traditional newspaper business . Answer the following questions: 1) Why has Google led to the decline of the newspaper industry? Google receive a large cut of revenue for advertising online which was a major way newspapers were funded. 2) Find a statistic from the article that illustrates the decline of traditional news media. Newspaper businesses have lost $40 billion in advertising revenue, 60% of the ad revenue. 3) Looking at the graph featured in the article, what period has seen the steepest decline in newspaper advertising revenue? 2000-08 4) Do you personally think Google is to blame for newspapers closing and journalists losing their jobs? Why? Google is to blame for journalists losing their jobs and newspapers closing as a new age of news has come around. The internet is more to blame as the rise of the internet allowed people to post for free, ...