Print newspaper’s major problem is with efficiency of delivery. Even with those organizations which published both morning & evening editions, there was a 12 hour delay is delivery times. Then there are the costs of getting the news to the customer (newsprint, presses & labor, paper delivery chain labor and add-on profits. etc.).
Radio and later television were the first major blows to the newspaper industry, increasing frequency of news delivery. Television added the element of “if a picture is worth a thousand words, how much more effective is a video clip”? Cable news channels hammered them even further with continuous delivery of news. Then along came the internet & computers providing on-demand, customer selective news, ads & features. It appeared that things could not get any worse for the newspaper industry.
Wrong! The smart phone took all of the befits of internet & computer delivery of news and made them totally on-demand by finishing the portability trend started by the laptop and expanded by the tablet.
Few people keep parrots or clean their own fish any more. Plastic tarps are cheap and don’t let paint soak through. Paper mache is about the only use left for newspapers. Oh, and there are still flies to swat and the occasional recalcitrant dog to discipline.
Actually they do a pretty good job of washing windows without leaving smears.