And the newspaper empire begins to fall.

February 22, 2009 – 5:01 am – No Comment

Every Tuesday and Thursday I walk into the Journalism school and am greeted with newspaper front pages from around the state and country all from large monitors, above them are large LCD TV’s broadcasting the daily news from MSNBC or CNN. It is supposed to cover both aspects of Journalism: print and broadcast. However, some of those print students are having a hard time with the idea that in 10 years there may not even be printed daily newspapers anymore. (That may be a stretch, but local newspapers will have to face that option in the future).

Adding to the worries, the Journal Register filed for bankruptcy protection today following on the heels of the Tribune Company (which publishes the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Sun of Baltimore) and The Star Tribune of Minneapolis.

Declining ad sales and the availability, ease and promptness of obtaining news on the internet has led to the decrease in newspaper sales and some companies filing for bankruptcy protection to attempt to reorganize their businesses.