I don't know if its all that startling, more like expected. You will probably see similar curves for railroad employment, mining, and telegraph industry employment.
Local papers can survive and thrive, they only need to stop printing "news" that everyone already knows (what's on cable and the Internet). They need to send reporters out into their communities and actually do what reporters did back at the beginning of that graph -- find stories... local sports, local crime, local corruption, local schools.
I can't find an easy graph for telegraph operators.
Similar to railroads and mining I think you will see some level of newspaper employees remain but most will switch over to online media. I don't really see this as a bad thing, just a new thing.
I don't know if its all that startling, more like expected. You will probably see similar curves for railroad employment, mining, and telegraph industry employment.
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I can't find an easy graph for telegraph operators.
Similar to railroads and mining I think you will see some level of newspaper employees remain but most will switch over to online media. I don't really see this as a bad thing, just a new thing.
I devoutly hope that the LA Times lasts longer than I do. I want my morning paper!
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