Sunday, March 15, 2009

The future of newspapers (cont'd.) ...

... Newspapers, Hail and Farewell.

The ‘death of newspapers’ is now generally assumed; it has become the common view that soon there won’t be any major newspapers left in this country, with local papers soon to follow once Craigslist gets around to setting up shop in their backyards.

But that isn’t what technology is telling us. Once again the scenario presented by technology departs from the received view.

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2 comments:

  1. AC7:40 PM

    check this out:

    http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/

    cheers!

    ac

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  2. Frank Wilson7:50 PM

    Thanks for the link, AC. I saw it this morning and scheduled a post for tonight. Best, F

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