As is often the case, I’ll be contrarian. Losing print doesn’t distress me. I don’t need more paper. What I find of concern is the layoffs. We’ve seen this in mainstream media where smaller staffs in particular good editors has reduced the quality of reporting. You never saw an error in fact, a misspelled word, or a grammar error in Washington Post or New York Times. Today, they don’t even bother with corrections and retractions - that would double the size of the paper.
Blogs and websites, especially in specialty areas like cooking, have provided greater value than big media for long enough that big media can’t generate enough revenue to pay staff. It’s spiraling down the drain.
