Only the nativist Liberty Times (circulation 720,000) is larger. Vying for political news Aside from industry-internal factors such as competition and the increasing popularity with readers of Apple-style news, the external realities of political wrangling caused the media's status as the "fourth estate," serving as a balanced public forum, to be questioned.
作為公眾意見交流溝通的代表性媒體，報業的未來，在一定程度上也象徵一個國家民主發展與公民社會的未來。