https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/major-atlanta-newspaper-eliminating-dozens-jobs-scrapping-print-edition-paper Aug 28, 2025 "The last print edition will run on Dec. 31, and the change will "result in the elimination of about 30 full- and part-time jobs involved in designing and distributing the newspaper" as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shifts to digital-only publishing." FOXBusiness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDoaFwnfhX0 Sep 27, 2012 The smartphone has driven down sales of cameras, watches, GPS systems, and even iPods. To learn more about The Paradox of Progress, the full program, go to https://www.izzit.org/products/detail.php?video=paradox_of_progress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvGMe5dsxcU Aug 19, 2015 The automobile killed the horse and buggy. The airplane signaled the demise of passenger railroads. The invention of the typewriter created millions of jobs, but when the personal computer came along, those jobs were gone. The Paradox of Progress shows this process of “Creative Destruction” through the story of the revolutionary system of package delivery pioneered by FedEx. Should the government allow new businesses to force old ones out? Watch and decide for yourself. The Paradox of Progress covers numerous educational standards across several subject areas including ELL, Language Arts, Media/Technology, and Social Studies for Grades 6-12. To learn more about this educational program, and which standards it covers specific to your grade, subject area, and which standards your district is using, visit our educational program summary section for this video here: https://izzit.org/lessons/lesson.php?lesson=paradox_of_progress izzitEDU
Major Atlanta newspaper scraps print edition at the end of the year
Define creative destruction
Where do you get most of your news?
What are the most important functions of newspapers?
What do online sources do better? What do they perhaps not do as well?
Why do you think readership dropped so much (600,000 to 40,000 in twenty years)?
Do you think those 40,000 readers will accept the digital version? Will they subscribe to a different newspaper? What options would they have?
Are you at all concerned that so many daily newspapers have stopped printing? Why or why not?
What sort of jobs do you think will be cut? Will any new jobs emerge? Explain.
Do you think newspapers could be revived? Why or why not? What would be required for people to start reading newspapers again?
Do you see this as progress, or a step backward? Explain your thoughts.
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