How will newspapers shape-up after the pandemic? In the last seven months we have seen redundancies, lost sales, declining revenues, closed titles and journalists working from home. Some publishers believe what has happened is ‘brutal’ and full recovery may not be possible but others think the crisis presents the opportunity to introduce radical change. So what will the industry look like in two years time? I took out my crystal ball and asked leading industry figures to do the same. The predictions include a radically different sources of revenue, change of ownership, the end of the newsroom, fewer dailies and more weeklies, less print, fewer people and more hyperlocals. Experienced editorial executives Neil Benson, Alastair Machray, James Mitchinson and Doug Wills also offer their thoughts on a post-Covid strategy. It’s all in my article for the latest edition of InPublishing magazine. Give it a read here.
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