Yesterday I saw a very strange thing. I was leaving my office in downtown Boston and on the street corners were people giving away (for free) the afternoon edition of the Boston Herald.
Now a year ago all the people that past the promotion would have taken the free newspaper for their ride home on the Commuter Rail or the T.
Not one person took a newspaper. Not one!
Why? I can only guess is that everyone got their news from the internet and had no need for the afternoon paper. It was today's paper but it was old news.
If this doesn't trigger the newspaper industry that the death knoll has rung than nothing will. But is it to late? I think it is. The newspapers have been replaced and you can't give the stuff away!
