Maybe
their industry still survived because they have their own market, especially
the older people who are not ready to undergo in changes or they are not comfortable
to use a computer. Instead, they like to flip the pages of a newspaper while
they are drinking coffee in the morning. They also like it to read while they
are inside of a vehicle or in any place that they are comfortable to read.
Then, after that they can hide it or sell it per kilo in the junkshop. If the
articles are imperatives, they can use it as a reference if any member of the
family will need it. If not, they will throw it, or they will use it as a
wrapper for smoked fish. But there are some people using newspapers as a
material for bags, basket and decorations. It only means that newspapers are
not only worth able to read, but you can use it for artistic crafts.
We can
assume that the internet could not kill the newspapers. As what happened to
radio, television didn’t erase its existence. Every media outlet or medium has
their audience. To survive in a tough competition with the digital world,
newspapers turned also into digital without leaving the print version. For
print media is the foundation and nature of their business. They are not like
Rappler which is a newspaper site only. When you say a newspaper site it is for
free to every person who has an access to the internet. But how do they ear if
this is for free only? Like bloggers, they are also earnings from different ad
networks like Google Adsense, Taboola, etc. Some of them have also direct
advertisers to their site. The advantage of them compares to the bloggers, they
are always updating their time from time to time. Because they have many writers,
they can post many articles per day. They are also trustworthy because they are
composed of professional writers and journalist as well. There is an assurance
that they are verifying or validating first the data before they will publish
it. Like what they are practicing to their newspaper in print.