Thursday, October 24, 2013

Da Biz: Can Free News Via Tablet Save Newspapers?

Are newspapers doomed? What can they do to survive the internet and a dramatic loss of ad money in the past decade?

Here's an interesting blog item from Montreal journalist Steve Faguy on how one of North America's oldest newspapers is trying to save itself -- by encouraging people to stop paid print subscriptions and taking a big gamble on free news via tablet.