Print Decline Quotes

I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.

I wouldn't have launched 'Sharp Daily' without smartphones. Frankly, there's no reason for me to start another newspaper - it's a dying industry. But the smartphone is changing everything.

I don't want to see the end of popular print journalism.

People care about our digital revenue, not our print revenue.

Online advertising is increasingly only a fraction of what is being lost from print advertising, and it is under constant pressure.

My cash cows, the slick magazines, were put out of business by TV.

No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.

Print is still responsible for a significant portion of the revenues that, you know, pay for the work of the newsroom. But, you know, digital is very important. And part of the thrill of having this job now is I get to lead us through what is both a thrilling and very challenging transition from a print world to a digital world.

It's a long, slow sunset for ink-on-paper magazines, but sunsets can produce vast sums of money.

I think what's actually happened is print media is becoming obsolete, and this is like the floundering corpse of a dying media. It is just twitching.