Information Age finds newspapers unready Series: MONEY

St. Petersburg Times – http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/918938231.html?MAC=d84de09da0f42699b7e7b48ee8a0b4f4&did=918938231&FMT=FT&FMTS=FT&date=Oct+30%2C+2005&author=ERIC+DEGGANS&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&printformat=&desc=Information+Age+finds+newspapers+unready+Series%3A+MONEY

by ERIC DEGGANS

This is something my bosses and colleagues may not want me to say. But newspapers are in some serious trouble these days, and not just for the reasons we usually cite.

Yes, we have suffered from shrinking circulation figures for some time. The latest dip was an average of 1.9 percent for the six- month period ending in March, according to data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.