Diminishing newspaper reporting

[The firing of the editor of the Las Angeles Times for refusal to further cut news staff is an indication] of how extensively the landscape of news reporting and publishing has changed.

Following the market development model of virtually all media and popular culture (communications) the strength of the principle players is diminishing. New technology permits niche-market interests to publish. Remember when there were only 9 active channels and three TV networks? Or a handful of magazines on the rack?

Fewer news consumers purchase paper news (except for the subway commuters). I would bet, in the near future, the line between online news reporting and broadcasting will blur completely.