Newspapers need to look beyond 'ink on paper,' executives say: The newspaper industry's future is bright, if it acknowledges that "ink on paper" is in permanent decline and broadens its vision to include multiple methods of delivery, several newspaper executives said Monday. Without that acknowledgment, they said, the picture is dimmer.
"If we acknowledge that the core business is in decline, and put our efforts in the non-core business, we're going to be fine," said William Dean Singleton, vice chairman and chief executive officer of MediaNews Group Inc., a Denver-based company which operates 40 newspapers in nine states. "If we sit around and wait for the economy to recover, those people are going to die."
