The emergence of the Internet as a medium for mass communication in the mid 1990’s caught the majority of newspapers off guard. The area of print journalism was filled with an air of complacency and a feeling of comfort stemming from their position as the “only game in town.” When the reality of the information super-highway hit, many newspapers were flustered to find an avenue to keep up with the quick developing internet information network. (…showed first 75 words of 587 total…

…showed last 75 words of 587 total…people still enjoy reading print editions, suggests the newspaper industry will sustain it’s life through the internet age as it did with advent of radio and television. “Pure cotton is a pleasure all its own, hampered only by its need for care and feeding. Newspapers are much the same. Both versions, print and online, have much to recommend them and rituals of their own,” Joan Silverman, “Virtual Ink”, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Dec (2001) p11.