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One of the biggest victims of the financial downturn has been newspapers, particularly in the US. Brand Republic today have broken down the events that have led to newspapers collapsing. Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, is having to consistently defend both his own company and the internet for their part in the collapse of the industry.

This is simply a sign of a changing society, as world wide people turn to different sources to receive their information, not just the internet on your PC, but on your mobile as well. Newspapers were always going to struggle, the question now is how can they respond. Businesses who aren’t online need to take note as well – we can no longer ignore the way people are finding and sharing information, we all need to be communicating online.

Here is a fantastic video about the Death of Newspapers.