the online version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication
Going online created more opportunities for newspapers, such as competing with broadcast journalism in presenting breaking news in a more timely manner. The credibility and strong brand recognition of well established newspapers, and the close relationships they have with advertisers, are also seen by many in the newspaper industry as strengthening their chances of survival.[1] The movement away from the printing process can also help decrease costs.
Online newspapers, like printed newspapers, have legal restrictions regarding
newspapers, have legal restrictions regarding libel, privacy, and copyright,[2] also apply to online publications in most countries as in the UK. Also, the UK Data Protection Act applies to online newspapers and news pages
- authentic online newspapers and forums or blogs There was no clear distinction between authentic online newspapers and forums or blogs. In 2007, a ruling was passed to formally regulate UK-based online newspapers, news audio, and news video websites covering the responsibilities expected of them and to clear up what is, and what is not an online news publication
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Online-only newspapers
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An online-only paper has no print-media connections. An example is the UK Southport Reporter, introduced in 2000—a weekly regional newspaper that is not produced or run in any format than ‘soft-copy’ on the Internet by its publishers, PCBT Photography. Another early example is “Bangla2000”, also introduced in 2000, which was uploaded twice daily from Bangladesh and edited by Tukun Mahmud Nurul Momen. Unlike the UK Southport Reporter, it was not a regional newspaper. Bangla2000.com ran international, economic, and sports news as well, simultaneously. The largest library of the world Library of Congress archived it subsequently. Unlike blog sites and other news websites, it is run as a newspaper and is recognized by media groups such as the NUJ and/or the IFJ. They fall under relevant press regulations and are signed up to the official UK press regulator IMPRESS. allNovaScotia is an online newspaper based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada that publishes business and political news six days a week. The website was the first online-only newspaper in Atlantic Canada and has been behind a paywall since starting in 2001.[12]
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Hybrid newspapers
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Hybrid newspapers are predominantly focused on online content, but also produce a print form.[17] Trends in online newspapers indicate publications may switch to digital methods, especially online newspapers in the future.[16] The New York Times is an example of this model of the newspaper as it provides both a home delivery print subscription and a digital one as well.[18] There are some newspapers which are predominantly online, but also provide limited hard copy publishing[11] An example is annarbor.com, which replaced the Ann Arbor News in the summer of 2009. It is primarily an online newspaper, but publishes a hard copy twice a week.[12] Other trends indicate that this business model is being adopted by many newspapers with the growth of digital media.
Not all articles published online receive the same amount of attention; there are factors that determine their popularity. The number of times an article gets shared on social media is relevant for activists, politicians, authors, online-publishers and advertisers.[24] They thus have an interest in knowing the number of shares, preferably even predicting it before the article is being published. With new methods of Natural Language Processing such as Latent Dirichlet allocation it is possible to gain insights into the core characteristics of an article.
Trends
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In 2015, 65% of people reported that print was their preferred method for reading a newspaper, down 4% from 2014.[15] The methods people use to get their news from digital means was at 28%, as opposed to 20% of people attaining the news through print newspapers.[15] These trends indicate an increase in digital consumption of newspapers, as opposed to print.[16] Today, ad revenue for digital forms of newspapers is nearly 25%, while print is constituting the remaining 75%.[15] Contrastingly, ad revenue for digital methods was 5% in 2006.
Use
[edit]In 2013, the Reuters Institute[20] commissioned a cross-country survey on news consumption, and gathered data related to online newspaper use that emphasizes the lack of use of paid online newspaper services.[21] The countries surveyed were France, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Japan, Brazil, the United States, and the United Kingdom. All samples within each country were nationally representative. Half of the sample reportedly paid for a print newspaper in the past 7 days, and only one-twentieth of the sample paid for online news in the past 7 days. That only 5% of the sample had recently paid for online newspaper access is likely because most people access news that is free.
