NDM: The decline of the newspaper industry

This article is about who caused the newspaper industry to fall apart. Nixon and the status of print journalism soared. At their best, newspapers hold governments and companies to account. The article goes on to explain how this can be shown through USA, New Zealand and western Europe. Additionally, the article states that Phillip Meyer predicts the newspaper industry will completely die in America by 2043. The article states that the main reason as to why the newspaper industry is dying, is due to the web/internet. Britons aged between 15 and 24 say they spend almost 30% less time reading national newspapers once they start using the web. Furthermore, the article mentions how Switzerland's and Netherlands newspapers have lost half their classified advertising to the internet.  According to the Newspaper Association of America, the number of people employed in the industry fell by 18% between 1990 and 2004. The article goes into further detail about how people are also losing their jobs due to the decline of the newspaper industry. However, it also states that the newspaper industry not being completely wiped out, but slowly, institutions are beginning to decline. The article closes on their prediction of independent journalism  being backed by charities and thousands of fired-up bloggers and well-informed citizen journalists;  "there is every sign that Arthur Miller's national conversation will be louder than ever."

1) Do you agree with its view that it is ‘a cause for concern, but not for panic’?
I disagree with this, I believe there is a reason to 'panic', as newspapers are beginning to very rapidly decline and more and more people aren't finding any reasons to go out and by newspapers due to everything being online/on their phone. Also, even if there are a couple of newspaper industries left, I don't think they'll be that successful, or it might even be seen as unusual to read a newspaper. 

2) The article is 10 years old - an eternity in digital media terms. Have the writer's predictions come to pass? Use statistics from your Ofcom research to support or challenge the writer's argument.
Majority of the predictions were correct. The article was published in 2006 and there indeed has been a bigger decline in the newspaper industry, from Ofcom research, it is stated that young people are more reliant on the web in terms of getting their news. Furthermore, the research states that the percentage of people who read newspapers fell from 72% to 48%. This therefore, conveys that the Ofcom research was correct and these predictions were true as there's been a bigger decline in the newspaper industry and more and more people have become reliant on the Internet and not newspapers. 

3) The Economist suggests that high-quality journalism in the future will be backed by non-profit organisations rather than profit-seeking media corporations. Is there any evidence for this? How is the Guardian funded? What do major stories from the last year such as the Panama Papers suggest about how investigative journalism is conducted in the digital age?
The Guardian is funded by Scott Trust Limited. The Panama papers suggest that using online platforms is a better way to news and information across to people, as it's quick and instant. They therefore use new and digital media to their advantage, rather than being against it.