I don't care about the survival of newspapers from a financial or economic perspective, I care about the survival of newspapers from a social good perspective a

I don't care about the survival of newspapers from a financial or economic perspective, I care about the survival of newspapers from a social good perspective and it's not clear to me that targeted news can supply that since it filters out everything you weren't inclined to already view but was still important. If I bought a newspaper and it had a bunch of stuff in it I didn't care about, I might still pick it up and read an article or two if I got bored enough or was using the bathroom. With targeted news and a smartphone, I don't ever have to do that again.