Romenesko

American Journalism Review
University of Georgia's Conrad Fink, a former newspaper exec, believes newspaper circulation will keep falling as today's casual readers become tomorrow's non-readers, and the total drops to 40 to 43 million, from about 56 million now. He tells Paul Farhi: "With the disappearance of so much readership and advertising support, there will be a disappearance of much of the journalism you and I love. If we're less able to support vigorous, independent journalism, that's a threat to society. It hasn't really occurred to most people that the heart and soul of journalism is being decided right now."