ABSTRACT
The newspaper industry has undergone a dramatic shift over the last several decades. The newspaper industry has been one of the primary components of global communication industries and has taken a key role as the major news source for society. With the rapid growth of audio-visual media since the late 20th century, however, the newspaper industry has confronted several challenges from new media, such as television, the Internet, and social media, and it has had to change the traditional distribution of its content through convergence with other media in order to survive, while securing a new revenue resource and new outlet. The changing media ecology has especially forced newspaper corporations to pursue two consequent strategic transformations—the convergence and de-convergence of the newspaper industry and newsrooms—which are some of the most important in the digital media era. On one hand, the newspaper industry has been active in the deal market because many newspaper corporations in several countries have developed their convergence and de-convergence strategies amid a changing media environment. As the media environment surrounding newspaper has shifted, the newspaper industry has had no choice but to admit the necessity of restructuring the industry. On the other hand, the news gathering and distribution process is undergoing deep changes. Convergence and de-convergence of the newsroom in the middle of the rapid growth of digital technologies and broadcasting are major concerns in journalism practices.
