The all-round integration of the media and the vigorous development of new media have made the traditional media industry represented by paper media face unprecedented challenges. This article combines the development trend of the global media industry and the China's media environment to analyze the survival status of China's newspaper industry and make recommendations for its development.

Lu Yiming. Development of Paper Media in the Age of Media Convergence: Taking China's Newspaper Industry as an Example. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2022) Vol. 5, Issue 14: 102-105. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2022.051419.

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