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# The Future of Newspapers (via Spider-Man)
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2010/07/the_future_of_newspapers_via_spider-man/
- Published: 2010-07-28T11:09:04.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-28T12:57:49.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: comics, editor, journalist, national newspapers

When I was growing up, my understanding of who and what journalists actually were was largely defined by the staff of the *[Daily Bugle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily%5FBugle?ref=onemanandhisblog.com "Daily Bugle")*, employer of Peter Parker, better known as the *Amazing [Spider-Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man?ref=onemanandhisblog.com "Spider-Man")*. In particular, they were defined by this chap, the infamous [J. Jonah Jameson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%5FJonah%5FJameson?ref=onemanandhisblog.com "J. Jonah Jameson"):

\[!\[J Jonah Jameson\](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/07/jjj-thumb-500x337-1680.jpg?resize=500%2C337)\](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/07/jjj.jpg)

Now, despite then lure of the \[Marvel Comics\](http://www.marvel.com "Marvel Comics") app on the iPad, I’m not much of a comics reader these days. But \[this news from the creators of the current Spider-Man comics\](http://www.newsarama.com/comics/spider-man-brand-new-day-ends-100726.html) should be enough to send a chill down our collective spines: 

\> In the Spidey-verse, I think one of our best ideas was making Jonah mayor. The possibilities of that remain endless, and with newspapers dying, it was a terrific way to give him a powerful presence. 

It’s the off-hand way that a creator from another branch of the publishing business dismisses the future of our industry that stands out to me – they think that newspapers are now so unimportant that the character doesn’t carry the same weight as an editor as he once did…

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