Student: 'TV news will eventually die out'
"I can't imagine my friends sitting down to watch an actual network newscast at 6:30 because we're doing other things at that time," says University of Pennsylvania senior Jen Jablow. "It's a lot quicker to go online. I customize my news." Temple U. journalism major Karen Shuey says: "My generation will never go back to traditional news sources. TV news will eventually die out." (via Romenesko)
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2 comments about 'Student: 'TV news will eventually die out''TV network news will not be dead for at least another decade but it is definitely on life support unless the Big 3 changes programming, style, contend, and length. The half-hour segment should have went out 25 years with an hour or even anhour-and-a-half program.
The under 35 crowd will never sit at home and watch jeopardy and half-hour news. their viewing habits are completely different than their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents and the networks should have started to plan and implement change accordingly but failed to do so. that will be their loss.
ABC, CBS and NBC should expand new programing more thoroughly through the day with lengther and more indepth coverage.
In the early 1980's media "experts" claimed AM radio was dead but it made a come back. The very same could be said of broadcast network news if the brass has the vision.
Danny L. McDaniel
Lafayette, Indiana
Posted by Danny L. McDaniel at May 14, 2007 5:47 PM
"The under 35 crowd will never sit at home and watch jeopardy...." Oh, I hope you're wrong about this. They're the group who needs to watch Jeopardy.
Posted by Catmoves at May 25, 2007 6:13 PM
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