The decline of newspapers – don’t read all about it
November 4, 2009Jon Brooks Comments OffAccording to the AP, “The worst U.S. recession since World War II and the lure of the Internet have combined to make the (newspaper) industry’s annual ad revenue $20 billion less than it was three years ago.”
But why read about the decline of newspaper circulation in, say, a newspaper or even on a newspaper’s web site when the situation is better expressed in this graphic from the blog The Awl? The chart maps from 1990 to the present. The plotting of L.A. Times circulation, you’ll notice, can also double for an illustration of Sir Isaac Newton’s concept of gravity. Click on the graphic and you’ll see the one newspaper that still appears to be thriving.
