Barry Ritholtz writes on his Big Picture blog that the well-known financial and business blogs saw a dramatic increase in readers and page hits in the past 48 hours with the big fluctuations in the Dow Jones industrial average.
“Yet at the same time, most of the generation born after the 1987Â crash doesn’t like to get ink on their hands. They get nearly all of their news from the web, and almost never touch a physical paper.
“I don’t reach any major conclusions on this, other than noting the MSM needs to stay interactive to remain relevant to its future consumers. Media is clearly in a period of transition, and how they handle it will determine how relevant — and profitable — they will be in the future . . . ” Â
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