We were always in the news business.
That’s what our readers and users care about. It’s the news. If people cared about the paper more than the news, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and other beacons of American journalism would have never risen to the world-wide prominence they enjoy today.
But they did. Why? Because they covered news better than everyone else. Never forget that.
Check out Michael Rosenblum’s rant. Send it around to every journalism you know. They need to understand this.
If we lose print — specifically daily newspapers — it won’t be the end of the world. What would be shocking to lose would be the journalism itself. That’s what matters.