The main culprits causing newspaper publishers to feel panicky are familiar: the rising price of paper worldwide; economic downturns; and constantly improving electronic technology, so that newspapers find it harder and harder to be as timely as TV or radio. The biggest problem of all is that readership is dwindling.
讓報業感受危機四伏的罪魁禍首仍是老問題：國際紙價大幅上漲；經濟不景氣；電子科技日新月異，傳統報紙無法在速度上和電視、廣播競爭。