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The Future of Newspapers- WNYC

The Future History of the Newspaper Industry

Friday, August 01, 2014

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For as long as the newspaper industry has existed, people have been prognosticating about what it would look like in the future. Last year Bob spoke with Matt Novak, the author of Gizmodo's Paleofuture blog, about these predictions - some of which have been much more accurate than others.

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Bob Garfield

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Douglas from El Paso

When I'm riding a bus or subway, I want other passengers to notice what book or newspaper I'm reading because conversations that I've had with fellow passengers often began with their noticing what I was reading or vice versa. That's not possible with tablets and e-readers. Moreover, printed books and periodicals provide exposure of publishers' products that is not possible with digital media.

Aug. 02 2014 10:52 AM

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JohnDay from Foxboro, MA

The "prior art" for the iPad was not the 90s newspaper article you cited, but Dynabook from the famous oversized book of the 1974 Computer Lib/DreamMachines by Ted Nelson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Lib/Dream_Machines
That book and Doug Englebart's NLS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfIgzSoTMOs) were an inspiration for many of us. I have always thought that to some extent for what became the rest of his life Steve Job swith his special sense of design was pursuing those Dream Machines. It is unfortunate that he died when he did. He had accomplished what was in DreamMachines. I would have liked to see what he thought was next.
Take care,
John Day

Aug. 02 2014 07:54 AM

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