Times have changed and with it has changed news. And needless to say, news if not served piping hot is of no use. Some even that happened yesterday has lost its value at present such is the reach of news mediums in today's age.The methods by means of which one can preserve abreast with present news has improved manifold. When news was spread only by means of word-of-mouth the n later on came the newspapers followed by Television and its hot avatar live Television. The subsequent massive revolution came with the advent of the world-wide-web. Now it is is a matter of seconds before a news breaks on the World Wide Internet. This medium has a quite powerful benefit as it is not bound by time or region constraints. Just a web connection and a appropriate device can guarantee that one is connected to the happenings from around the globe in a matter of couple of clicks.And the most significant innovation which has come to the fore by the rapid increase in acceptance of the Intern et as a credible source of news is that news sites have evolved into hybrid mediums where there textual news, videos, audio clippings, photographs etc. But what makes it genuinely revolutionary is that present news served by means of the web is participatory in nature. The reader/viewer can not just read or watch news, he/she is also bestowed with the power to comment/ like/vote their favourite stories. This participatory benefit of the web is the essence of its benefit vis--vis other mediums. Although the Television news market has also risen to the challenge and goad people today to participate in the news by way of posting on Facebeook or Twitter, but then that too falls under the purview of what necessarily is the Internet. Existing news has certainly got a whole new which means and relevance courtesy the advent of the world-wide-web age. Take for example the current announcement of the capture and killing of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The news was flashed all acr oss the globe within seconds of it becoming confirmed by the Libyan Transition Council. Had been an occasion in the 70s or 80s or even 90s, the news would have got flashed in India most recent by the 9 pm news on the state run Doordarshan. Now anything is instant, anything is present but this race for becoming the initially has made present news shed its relevance as what is present at this moment is stale in one hour. But nonetheless, the significance and the benefit of the new mediums is some thing that is on the rise and will be a vital aspect in deciding the profitability of a news organisation in the days to come.
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