Dylan Jones: Celebrity fixation was kick-started

14th Nov 2006, 12:20 GMT

You've only got to open a newspaper these days to be told that - why, yes, it's true! - the tabloids are on their way out. Shrinking, in fact, by 4-5 per cent a year, with dwindling advertising revenues, circulation figures shored up and the inevitable encroachment of the interweb (as it's known affectionately in our office).