Can Grandma Save Newspapers?
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Newspapers need Superman, not the elderly. However, if newspapers have any desire to stick around, Poynter postulates that old people can keep newspapers alive for at least the next 10 years.
People over 65 are newspapers’ biggest fans and consumers. But watch out print, your seniors are catching on to the online movement: 70 percent go online at least once a day. They’re even fans of Facebook, where 34 percent of them have joined.
I say leave the elderly alone. Why keep them in the past when they’re just starting to catch on to the future?
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