The Future of Newspapers: over the past decades, newspaper readership has been diminishing, perhaps because more Americans get their news from television. As an example, the circulation of English-language papers in the United States has dropped by 11% since 1990, and that's while the population has increased.
Blogs take on the mainstream: The notion of a gatekeeper who filters and decides what's acceptable for public consumption and what isn't, that's gone forever.
Awareness of blogs grows among Net users: A new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project revealed that 27 percent of Internet users say they read blogs. That's a 58 percent leap from a telephone survey taken in February.
Study: Blog creation, readership jumped in ?04: Blogs that cover the tsunami disaster and relief efforts are bound to boost readership further, said Lee Rainie, the project?s director.
Report: Big boost for blogs in 2004: But despite the rise in usage, "blog" still is not a household word. Only 38 percent of Internet users know what a blog is, while the rest are not sure what the term means.
