Antiquated metal boxes

Old newspaper boxes are sign of the demise of newspapers today. Many that we see on the streets today have fallen into disrepair and are no long filled daily with newspapers. The newspaper vending box, are coin operated newspaper dispensers. News boxes are part of the distribution process that publishers use to sell their papers to newsstands, retail stores, and news boxes. Yet as newspapers sales continually suffer, papers are trying to save money buy cutting back on their distribution.  The decline in home delivery service in the last few years has transformed news boxes into antiquated metal boxes.

The demand for home newspaper delivery has drastically decreased. The newspaper industry experienced a severe downtown  in 2008. Many big publishers in America are now facing bankruptcy.  Why? Newspapers no longer hold a monopoly as the medium for information. Internet allows for lots of different players to compete in the same industry. The media and particularly the newspaper side of it are going to have to change in the future.

This is a time of unprecedented change in the industry. One of the most significant changes is the elimination of home delivery and replacement with internet PDFs. I pad is one the first real example of a newspaper replicated a on an instrument. By upgrading technology, the internet allows to better share editing resources and content. Updating websites allows for streamline advertisement and is more cost effective way to view news.

From an environmental standpoint these new boxes really clutter streets, and many residents claim that there are 13 news boxes on some street corners.

Sources

1.“complaint box, street clutter, by Julia Willkie. New York Times, September 11,2009.

2. CNBC Sam Zell interview aired June 30,2010 @ paidcontent.org

3.“Suntimes exits newspaper deliver buisness” Lynne Marek.  Chicago Sun Times,  September 21, 2010.