It’s the end of the World as we know it, online feels fine
Don Day July 25th, 2007
Ten days ago I wondered which newspaper would be the first to take the plunge and stop printing and go online only. Who knew it would be this soon. The Weekly World News announced it will stop printing its crazy stories and instead distribute its news product via a direct telepathic link to users. Or online. Whichever.
Yeah, so it isn’t a major daily dumping its print product, but the WWN is seeing a similar trend to some of its so-called “real news” cousins. Circulation fell from 46% from 2004 to 2006. The Loch Ness Monster, Elvis, JFK, Bat Boy and Amelia Earhart are rumored to be planning a farewell bash for the paper to be held on a sound stage in LA decked out to look like the surface of the moon.
Plus: Check this out - ABC News put together a slideshow of some classic WWN covers.
2 Comments Add your own
1. Hussman | July 26th, 2007 at 6:16 am
R.I.P. Batboy. You will be greatly missed.
2. Michael Gay | July 26th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Don, I think they’re working on their next headline… Something about an online blogger who predicts the future with complete accuracy. And they ask him the question, when will the world end?
Leave a Comment
(Please keep URLs out of the comment body or the spam filter will block you.)Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed