EIN063_Japan’s Newspaper Industry: Calm Before the Storm. 【Tambaboon IELTS Lab Sydney Australia】 英語 ニュース オーストラリア

I found noteworthy news on Nippon.com.
Hayashi Kaori reported this story on 6th November 2013.

The Japanese newspaper business today seems cheerfully immune to the forces that have forced so many US publications into bankruptcies and buyouts in recent years. How has it maintained a firm footing in the age of digital media? And how long can this good fortune last?
Last August the world’s media were abuzz with the news that the venerable Washington Post was about to be sold to Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. It was the latest installment in a story of upheaval that has forced such American institutions as the Wall Street Journal (taken over by media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. in 2007), the Los Angeles Times, the Star Tribune, and the Philadelphia Inquirer into bankruptcies, mergers, and acquisitions.
In Japan, by contrast, one rarely hears of bankruptcies or buyouts in the newspaper industry. Are Japanese newspapers somehow immune to the trends that are shaking up the print media overseas? 

Statement analysis
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1. The Japanese newspaper business today
2. seems cheerfully immune to the forces 
3. that have forced so many US publications into bankruptcies and buyouts 
4. in recent years. 
5. How has it maintained a firm footing in the age of digital media? 
6. And 
7. how long can this good fortune last? 

1. Last August the world’s media were abuzz with the news 
2. that the venerable Washington Post was about to be sold 
3. to Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. 

1. It was the latest installment in a story of upheaval 
2. that has forced such American institutions as the Wall Street Journal 
3. (taken over by media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. in 2007), 
4. the Los Angeles Times, the Star Tribune, and the Philadelphia Inquirer 
5. into bankruptcies, mergers, and acquisitions.

1. In Japan, by contrast, 
2. one rarely hears of bankruptcies or buyouts in the newspaper industry. 
3. Are Japanese newspapers somehow immune to the trends 
4. that are shaking up the print media overseas? 

Word vocabulary - English
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cheerfully
in a way that displays happiness or optimism.

immune
protected or exempt, especially from an obligation or the effects of something.

force

noun force

strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

verb

make (someone) do something against their will.

bankruptcy
the state of being bankrupt.

buyout
the purchase of a controlling share in a company, especially by its own managers.

abuzz
filled with a continuous humming sound.

venerable
accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character.

about to
Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates that something is imminent

installment
any of several parts of something that are published, broadcast, or 
made public in sequence at intervals.

upheaval
a violent or sudden change or disruption to something.

mogul
an important or powerful person, especially in the motion picture or media industry.

inquirer
someone who asks a question

merger
a combination of two things, especially companies, into one.

acquisition
the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; 
"the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"

rarely
not often; seldom.

somehow

in some way; by some means.

for a reason that is not known or specified.

shake up
a radical reorganization.

Word vocabulary - Japanese
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cheerfully
【副】機嫌よく、陽気に、快活に、楽しげに、元気よく
【＠】チアフリ、チアフリー、【分節】cheer・ful・ly

immune
imjúːn
【名】免除［免疫］者
【形-1】免疫の、免疫（性）の、免疫になっている
【形-2】免除された
【＠】イミューン、【変化】《複》immunes、【分節】im・mune

force
fɔ́ː[r]s
【名-4】影響力、勢力
【他動-1】～を強要する、～に（…すること）を余儀なくさせる、
強いる、無理にさせる、強制する
【他動-2】～を押し進める、強引に通す
【＠】フォース、【変化】《動》forces | forcing | forced

bankruptcy
bǽŋkrʌp[t]si
【名】破産、倒産、破たん、（名声などの）失墜
【＠】バンクラプシー、バンクラプトシー、
【変化】《複》bankruptcies、【分節】bank・rupt・cy

buyout
【名-1】買収、買い占め
【変化】《複》buyouts、【分節】buy・out

firm footing
強固な地盤

abuzz
【形】ざわめき立って

venerable
vén[ə]rəbl
【形-1】古くて神々しい、伝統を誇る、いわれのある、由緒ある、尊敬すべき、尊い、立派な
【形-2】時代遅れの
【＠】ベネラブル、【分節】ven・er・a・ble

about to
《be ～》まさに～しようとしている

installment
【1-名-1】複数の連続する構成要素の一つ分［1回分］
【1-名-2】（新聞・雑誌などの）連載の1回分
【＠】インストールメント、【変化】《複》installments

upheaval
ʌphíːvl
【名-2】（社会・経済・生活などの）大混乱［変動］、激変
【＠】アップヒーバル、アップヒーブル、
【変化】《複》upheavals、【分節】up・heav・al

mogul
móuɡl
【名-1】大立者、重要人物、大御所、権力者
【変化】《複》moguls、【分節】mo・gul

tribune
tríbjuːn
【名-1】人権の擁護者、民権擁護者、軍団司令官
【名-2】《歴史・ローマ》護民官
【＠】トゥリビューン、トリビューン、トリビュタリー、
【分節】trib・une

inquirer
【名】照会者
【変化】《複》inquirers

merger
【名-1】合併、合同、融合、併合、企業合併、吸収合併、吸収
【変化】《複》mergers、【分節】merg・er

acquisition
æ̀kwizíʃn
【名-1】（企業の）買収◆【類】M&A
【名-2】取得、獲得、習得、捕捉、収集
【＠】アクイジション、アクウィジション、
【変化】《複》acquisitions、【分節】ac・qui・si・tion

rarely
réə[r]li
【副-1】めったに～しない、まれに、おおよそ～ない、まれにしか～しない
【＠】レアリ、【分節】rare・ly

somehow
sʌ́mhàu
【副-1】どういうわけか、どうしたものか、どことなく、どうも
【副-2】どうにかして、何とかして、ともかくも、何らかの形で
【＠】サムハウ、【分節】some・how

shake up
【句動-2】かき乱す、動揺させる、ギクリとさせる、不安にさせる、興奮させる、ゆすって不快にさせる、ゾッとさせる、狼狽させる、揺るがす
【句動-3】小突き回す、目を覚まさせる、目覚めさせる、覚醒させる、激励する、渇を入れる、シャンとさせる、しかる
【句動-4】新しくする、刷新する、大改革する、大幅に整理する、再編成する

Reference
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Hayashi Kaori. (2014). Japan’s Newspaper Industry: Calm Before the Storm. 
Available: http://www.nippon.com/en/currents/d00097/
Last accessed 5th June 2014.