# Can newspapers reinvent themselves, or are they doomed to irrelevance? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-newspapers-reinvent-themselves-or-are-they-doomed-to-irrelevance/330632 "2005-11-11T21:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-newspapers-reinvent-themselves-or-are-they-doomed-to-irrelevance/330632/21 "2005-11-15T01:52:25Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I didn’t say Gannett newspapers were _good_, I just said that they’ve got a niche carved out for themselves. > > Robin That is fairly humorous, I am guilty of skimming through the thread as it got larger and I did not even see your mention of Gannett. I have a friend that works for them and he even has an extremely low opinion of them. He has been there since the old family ownership of the Asbury Park Press. Gannett is a good argument that the quality of Newspapers is sinking downward. APP was an excellent paper that won awards. Now it is closer to USA Today which is well suited to light fluffy news while you are staying at a hotel. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-newspapers-reinvent-themselves-or-are-they-doomed-to-irrelevance/330632/22 "2005-11-15T01:57:24Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Now it is closer to USA Today which is well suited to light fluffy news while you are staying at a hotel. I leave the USA Today laying in the hallway and wander to the lobby with some quarters to get the local paper. > [@power sawyer](#): > > I keep thinking that network news shows should have lots more topics, like the dozen headlines I get in a newspaper or on Yahoo. That’s a different perspective. I think the network news tries to cover too much, making it impossible to give detail and perspective. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-newspapers-reinvent-themselves-or-are-they-doomed-to-irrelevance/330632/23 "2005-11-15T02:10:55Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > I leave the USA Today laying in the hallway and wander to the lobby with some quarters to get the local paper. > …snip… Well their sports page is adequate if I can’t get online. Business page is useful for finding out what I should look into in more depth. World News is absolute garbage and national is nearly so. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-newspapers-reinvent-themselves-or-are-they-doomed-to-irrelevance/330632/24 "2005-11-16T20:59:57Z")
One problem they have - and it’s a big one - is the pervasive liberal bias in newspapers. The readership is just plain tired of it. Look at the Houston Chronicle for example. It’s the only major newspaper is a city of 4+ million, and their circulation is declining sharply. People are fed up with their liberal BS and are cancelling subscriptions right, left and sideways. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-newspapers-reinvent-themselves-or-are-they-doomed-to-irrelevance/330632.md?page=1)