It happened here
Occasionally, as I’m reading the newspaper in the morning I’ll glance up at Tin who is watching me and tell him, “Look closely because when you grow up you will not be reading a newspaper.” Sure enough, yesterday the New York Times leaked that the Times Picayune was paring down to three papers a week and focusing instead on their online presence. Only, the Times Picayune doesn’t really have an online presence – the nola.com website isn’t even reliable for getting local movie showtimes as it is often hard to find.
The Huffington Post at first interested me, then it faded. The New York Times was always a paper, then it wasn’t, but I’ve gotten used to the online version, but nola.com is a poor substitute for reading the Obits in the Times Picayune, or carrying the paper with you from room to room as you finish an article.
We are living through remarkable times – and the only thing we know for certain is that more change is gonna come.