Here are some main points I got from the video of what newspapers used to be like. It was kind of difficult for me to find a central theme, but here ya go..
people relied so much on newspapers at the main source of news
The end of new york times wouldnt be that big of a deal bc of all the new media.
Ad revenue declined by 30 percent because of the decline of newspapers. sommething permanent has changed.
publishing is no longer a specialty because now everyone can do it.
There are websites like Wikileaks where people can get front page stories from other forms of media.
Back then, people relied on the newspapers to get their info out. For example, pentagon papers that were made available thru NY times.. and instances like watergate..
"journalism is just a tool that is used to get our goal and our goal is justice" -founder of wikileaks
newspaper models are dying but news isnt because theres so many more platforms to get the info out.
Every major news story at the time can be traced to the original story in the ny times. Ny times was the source.
I will say that after I watched this movie and getting to see behind the scenes, I want to go online and start paying to subscribe to the NY times.
