Guardian To Close.

[Svejk]

So rumour has it. What do you reckon?

[Jackdaw33]

Hope so, waste of good paper. Mind you, Mikey will be in tears.

[Svejk]

It could be quite a good laugh as long as you didn't take it seriously. (which I doubt anyone did)

[ToraToraTora]

my first thought is: where are local authorities going to hire for non jobs now? Near our local station there were always stacks of them to pick up for free, so can't even give it away so I'm amazed they lasted as long as they did.

[jourdain2]

I used to love the crosswords, was it 'Articaria'?

[Lie-in King]

I thought this quite an interesting article in GQ dated last week -

http://tinyurl.com/h4v3n78

[dannyk13]

Araucaria (Monkey puzzle tree)

[sp1814]

Blimey - with the Independent going digital media only and now this!

This won't be the end of it.

I think we should expect a few more titles going to the wall over the next decade. People of my nephew's generation simply haven't gotten into the habit of buying a newspaper. They get their news for free online.

Unless newspapers adapt to this new reality, they will all face an uncertain future.

All except the Daily Mail. That newspaper has got it 100% right in its online offerings.

[Prudie]

Agree about the Mail, we all get slated for reading it but it really is the best online paper for its vast amount of content and general layout. I used to look at BBC News online but the change in format a year or so back totally destroyed it in my opinion - and I haven't bought a real paper for about 5 years.

[jno]

not in my lifetime. They don't seem to have a business plan, but they could get one at a moment's notice if they wanted, just by charging for content. The Times did so on the basis that one paying subscriber is worth 10 who don't, and though Murdoch keeps the figures quiet it's thought to be making modest profit.

[trt]

## Agree about the Mail, we all get slated for reading it but it really is the best online paper ##

Wasn't it voted the best online paper Prudie?

I used to have the Daily Express 7 days a week for decades, but just go online now.

[Buenchico]

"Categorically untrue"?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/guardian-closing-print-edition-operations-categorically-untrue-a7040281.html

[Gromit]

I doubt any of the current national newspapers will have a print edition in 10 years time. They will all cease to publish on paper except for a couple of premium priced high end titles (FT, Times, possibly Telegraph). A weekend compendium magazine of news could see The Mail, Express, continue with an high street presence.

Unfortunately the only way to survive on-line is by click-bait articles and we will all be poorer for that.

It is clear that the established newspapers still do not understand the web after 25 years, and the majority of newspaper websites will never make any money. EeIly Mail website, which is the most savvy, still relies on the parent newspaper to subsidise it. The problem for the Mail is that its readership is ageing faster than everyone else (with the exception of the Telegraph), and dying readers are not being replaced.