U.S. newspaper circulation decline and Evan Cornog, the publisher of The Columbia Journalism Review, has written a "long and deeply nuanced piece "in the current edition on the causes of the decline of circulation in USA. Cornog cites television, the loss of community, suburbanization and a lots of other reasons, but his primary culprit is - it's the readers fault!
At Tech Central Station Jay Currie gives this attitude a second thought ... and reminds us (the publisher) that publishing is a service ...
and let me add: not the readers have to be good (in a way we think) but the publishers have to - if they (we) deserve to stay in business ...