Subscriptions to newspapers, the physical product produced by numerous individuals, may be on the decline; but the newsroom, photographers, editorial department and advertising departments will continue to exist. The pressroom, mailroom, route circulation department et al may die out eventually. But newspapers are already adapting to the computer age with online subscriptions and advertising.
I’m more concerned with journalism and the decline in standards and the rise in blogs. I’m concerned with the financial pressures put on traditional news wires like the Associated Press and how news organizations get their news and how they define news in general.
@Austinlad I’m not that old and I have personally witnessed the end of the lineotype machines, composing rooms, large format cameras, four-color stripping, burning plates, X-acto knives, wax machines…and openly smoking and drinking in the newsroom at your desk. Oh for the good old days of 25 years ago.