Newspaper ad revenue has fallen 41% over the last three years due to factors like Craigslist reducing the classified ad market and lack of innovation. Without newspapers, long-form journalism may disappear and accountability of politicians and corporations could decrease as the shared news experience fades. While paywalls and digital news may provide some solutions, the document suggests newspapers in their current form will likely not survive and a new model for delivering news will need to emerge.

2. Newspaper Circulation

3. Newspaper Readership (age)

5. OK, so newspapers are dying. Who cares? What does it matter?

9. So what do you think newspapers should do?

10. Are paywalls the answer?

11. Is digital news the answer?

12. Sadly… not likely

14. Just because newspapers die does not mean the news business is dead.

15. Burn down the old to make way for the new