A short (sort of) history of News.

People are spoilt for choice now on how they get their news. Gone were the days where the average caveman would step out of his cave one morning, coffee mug in one hand, stretching a muscle here and there, and the next moment, have his skull fractured by a slab of granite thrown by the Daily Granite News delivery boy. This contributed to the low cavemen population until some bright spark came up with the idea to kill the delivery boy, thus ensuring the survival of the cavemen, but garanteeing the spread news through the most powerful form of communication known to man: Gossip.
Fast foward a few thousand years, after the advent of paper and ink , people had an easier medium to use for disseminating daily news and events. But unfortunately, it would have worked only if the average man on the street could read. Thus came the age old tradition of wrapping up fish and chips with the papers in which the news was written on.
However, as technlogy improved and literacy became more widespread, people started becoming more aware of the world around them, and the hunger for knowledge grew. Also, they discovered that newspapers were also good for rolling up and smacking whichever domestic pet that had transgressed against them.
With this new awareness, came the need for more knowledge. Newspapers became the standard medium in which people would find out more about the world, and how a events half the world away away would end up affecting them. ( IE. Tyra Banks wears a revealing bikini, scores of men all around the world experience a sudden tightening of their jeans.).
But with the advent of the world wide web, people now no longer need the medium of paper. As long as there's an internet connection available, they can log on to the news website of their choice. For example, there's CNN, Channel News Asia, Fox News, and many others.
Thousands upon thousands of choices for the everyman, depending on their locality, political leaning, and yes, choice on which models with the biggest yabos they would love to gape at.
But what of the humble newspaper? The medium in which educated and informed the average man about the world around him for the better part of 2 centuries?
Based on this writer's opinion, the future of newspapers looks bright. There still will be places that do not have access to the internet. And even if they do, the access may still be restricted. Also, a computer is needed to access the world wide web, and the price of each computer is still relatively high, especially to those in a third world country. A roll of newspapers on the other hand, cost very little.
Besides, until the day I can wrap my order of fish and chips up with a computer, I'd say the newspaper is here to stay.