Research paper: Is digital transformation killing journalism? Between 2016 and 2024, digital’s share of ad spending in the GCC is predicted to increase by 20 percent Growth of digital and social media has had a devastating effect on the print media industry Updated 10 June 2021 June 09, 2021 23:01 DUBAI: For many, reading a newspaper or perusing a magazine over breakfast, catching up on the latest from around the world to follow the markets, the sport and the travel, is still the perfect way to start the weekend. But the world of print journalism, of broadsheets and tabloids, of exclusives and splashes, has been changing rapidly, with important implications not just for how we obtain information, but how we understand the world.