Death of the Newspaper

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source: The New York Times, April 2009 | image: Tim Rich & Lesley Katon (Flickr)

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The use of online news websites are notstrongly skewed by age demographics.

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source: http://www.ipadinsider.com/tag/ipad-sales-figures | image: Luke Johnson (Flickr)

source: Nielsen Company, 2011 Mobile Connected Device Report

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Tablets such as the iPad are favouredover laptops and desktops

for multiple reasons.

source: http://www.thedailygreen.com/going-green/tips/e-readers-tip | image: Jeff S (Flickr)

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image: Chirantan Patnaik (Flickr)

image: Apple (USA Today, Bloomberg, AP, New York Times)

image: Apple

of those who subscribe to print newspaper and devote about an hour a day to reading daily news, are very likely to cancel their subscription within the next six months.

– Reynolds Journalism Institute,University of Missouri

For currentiPad users,58%

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“With the average age of theAmerican newspaper reader

at 55 and rising…”

– Eric Alterman,The New Yorker

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image: Jérôme Chevillat (Flickr)

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Thanks a lot for taking the time to view my presentation!

Feel free to leave any comments, questions or reach me on twitter @effiejp, and I’ll definitely get back to you as soon as I possibly can.

~ Effie J. PereiraQueen’s University, FILM315