The Good News Is Also The Bad News

Business Insider has another story today about newspaper sales, circulation, and the future of digital. It starts with the positive news that the New York Times has “righted its ship” after hard times. But then the story goes on to document the inevitable, the good old days are long gone.

It’s time to admit it, ok, it’s past time to admit it; news operations, particularly their print product, will never make as much money as it did in the past. Period. Time to move on.

But wow, have news websites come a LONG way.