<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Scobleizer]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://scobleizer.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Robert Scoble]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://scobleizer.blog/author/scobleizer/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The real reason the news business is in&nbsp;trouble&#8230;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Too many Americans would rather watch Paris Hilton or learn about Anna Nicole Smith.</p>
<p>How do I know that? Cause there is a reason why CNN and Fox kept playing AnnaNews all day long a few weeks back. They do focus groups. They know what people are watching and just how much of something they are watching.</p>
<p>All the <a href="http://www.techmeme.com/070325/p16#a070325p16">discussion today about whether newspapers are dead or aren&#8217;t</a> won&#8217;t solve that one.</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s top headline in the local paper? Above everything else? Foodblogging.</p>
<p>Is that REALLY the most important thing in the world today? Hell, I&#8217;m a blog evangelist and even I don&#8217;t think that if you really pressed me on it.</p>
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