"A democracy relies on vigorous press to survive. I know what I want to pay for, and in conversation and writing I find the common denominator is that people are interested in paying for news that they can trust "said Mr New mark  Beta Beta. the furure for the  news peoper have the most to lost to lose from the internet calculates that the first quarter of 2043 will be the moment when newsprint dies in America as the last exhausted reader tosses aside the last crumpled edition. That sort of extrapolation would have produced a harrumph from a Beaver brook or a Hearst, but even the most cynical news baron could not dismiss the way that ever more young people are getting their news online. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are growing especially rapidly as a source of political news. The number of Americans who say they regularly go to these destinations to learn about the campaign has doubled since January. Even with that jump, however, these leading social media platforms are still turned to by a relatively limited number of Americans, about 17% in all, when those who mentioned at least one of those platforms are combined.“Huffington Post was doing important work before but with the merger – well, I have a lot of confidence in Arianna,” said Mr. Newmark. “I do some blogging for Huffington Post, but writing is hard so I generally leave it to professionals.”

The News of the World is to close,  It follows a series the now  revelations that the paper illegally hacked into phones,The News International.