Out of Print

A new report to be issued in January by the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future predicts that most newspapers will be dead in five years. The Center’s director, Jeffrey I. Cole, had this to say about the future of newspapers: “Circulation of print newspapers continues to plummet, and we believe that the only print newspapers that will survive will be at the extremes of the medium – the largest and the smallest,” said Cole. It’s likely that only four major daily newspapers will continue in print form: The New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. At the other extreme, local weekly newspapers may still survive. “The impending death of the American print newspaper continues to raise many questions,” Cole said. “ 

1) Will media organizations survive and thrive when they move exclusively to online availability?

2) How will the changing delivery of content affect the quality and depth of journalism?” (source)

3) Is the New Orleans Times Picayune the next to go?

Presidential Top Ten

As we reflect and remember the life of our 41st President, George HW Bush, where would he rank amongst our Nation's best and worst Presidentts?  What are the criteria that we use to measure a President's success?

For C-SPAN's third Presidential Historians Survey, nearly 100 historians and biographers rated 45 US presidents on 10 qualities of presidential leadership: public persuasion, crisis leadership, economic management, moral authority, international relations, administrative skills, relations with Congress, vision, pursued equal justice for all, and performance within the context of his times.

Did your favorite make the list?