http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/david-sumner-magazines-will-survive-thrive/ the news. the views. the juice. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:13:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/david-sumner-magazines-will-survive-thrive/#comment-6955 Randi Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:43:46 +0000 http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/david-sumner-magazines-will-survive-thrive/#comment-6955 Magazines will survive... they always have. But, I noticed that more and more magazines are becoming "softer" (that is, less news worthy more entertainment based). I think the worry shouldn't be about the survival of magazines but more about the survival of newspapers... at least in their current form. More and more I notice this almost mass migration to the internet... it's easier to get the news spoon fed through emails and technological subscriptions than it is to pay for a subscription to a paper that it going to just be recycled anyway. This leads to another question, then. If newspapers in the physical form become obsolete, will then the news become completely biased and vastly politicized? Will it become far easier to censor the news? Will people not see the whole picture (or even less so then they do now)? I think these questions need to be addressed, if the survival of magazines is being brought up. Magazines will survive… they always have. But, I noticed that more and more magazines are becoming “softer” (that is, less news worthy more entertainment based). I think the worry shouldn’t be about the survival of magazines but more about the survival of newspapers… at least in their current form. More and more I notice this almost mass migration to the internet… it’s easier to get the news spoon fed through emails and technological subscriptions than it is to pay for a subscription to a paper that it going to just be recycled anyway.
This leads to another question, then. If newspapers in the physical form become obsolete, will then the news become completely biased and vastly politicized? Will it become far easier to censor the news? Will people not see the whole picture (or even less so then they do now)?
I think these questions need to be addressed, if the survival of magazines is being brought up.

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