Epic 2015/ Future of newpapers

I thought the EPIC2015 was a very interesting perspective on the future of media. To be honest I had not given it much thought as to how our Internet and the WWW are affecting the media.. It makes perfect sense that the future of the newspaper in hard copy form will eventually cease to exist. I think it, like everything else will be accessible by Internet or by cable, probably will show the paper and they can either read it or have it read to them. Especially with the world going green, we will have to be more conscientious of our resources. As while paper is a renewable resource, it still costs money to make it renewable.
However, It would be hard to imagine the world without journalists. I can't see the profession being discarded by the rantings on blogging, for sure. I think we will still need the caliber of journalism to keep the readers engaged and informed. It is interesting that Professor Fry has sanctioned Wikipedia, when every other professor refutes it. If anyone can write in Wikipedia, and not everyone is an expert on the items that are being written on, then how can we know it is the truth or factual. Unless, like Professor Fry suggests, backing it up with other solid documentation. Like newspapers articles or professional journals. Which i would pose, why not start with the professional journals in the first place? Don't get me wrong, I like Wikipedia, it is the first place i go if i need it dumbed down for me (like statistics!) or I want a quick answer. It has its purpose.
But back to the future of newspapers or our current future that is. I think they are and have been moving to the Internet to gain more readers. However, most local papers do not ask for subscriptions or make the consumer pay for access to the site. But we all know of the Wall Street Journal and they certainly don't give out their journalism for free. Okay maybe a smidgen but not complete articles. Those are reserved to the subscribing members. Will they be free eventually? At any rate, I don't get the paper, we have tried, but it always piles up, unread. When I had to subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, they gave me the physical copy as well as online access. I RARELY ever read the hard copy, I always went to the site online. I tend to agree with the student who said some of the demand for or lack of demand for the newspaper is heavily weighted on generation. I know my own mother and my in-laws still don’t have the Internet and probably never will. They only form of news they will ever get is in the form of the paper or TV.