Re: Future of Newspapers

**"* N* <n*@gmail.com>**

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:19 PM, <frielster@aol.com> wrote:

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> I cannot agree with most of Mr. Godin's points or conclusions. Comics are
> NOT better online. Am I to carry my laptop outdoors on a sunny Sunday? I
> can't read the screen. Weather? Okay. It might be more current than what was
> printed last night. In fact, it had better be more current or what's the
> point?

JF,

I believe laptops are only the beginning.  I watched an interview between
Jeff Bezos and Martha Stewart about the
Kindle<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA/ref=amb_link_7645962_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=10APCAWCBFTY78S0AS9B&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467301551&pf_rd_i=507846>.
Although I don't want Amazon totally in control of all media dissemination,
I think we need to be aware of its importance.  It is the best ereader of
its kind right now, and the screen is easily viewed in the sunlight.   It
has a large battery that doesn't need constant charging (unlike my laptop).
You can subscribe to most major magazines and newspapers; your NYT crossword
can be sent to you now.  However, I wouldn't suggest writing on the screen.
:)  Bezos said their R&D people are working on a color screen which is easy
to read, and they are almost there.

I recently wrote about print media and the changing landscape on my
blog.<http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=9243>
I believe we won't lose print entirely, but books, newspapers and magazines
will radically change in the near future.  Newspapers are the ones having
the most trouble, but we've seen national magazines also fold. In my
hometown, slick, well-written, local magazines are emerging and are quite
popular, gaining local advertising dollars.

I don't have any answers, but the times, they are a changin'.

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> Have bloggers convinced themselves that everybody spends most of his/her
> waking hours eyeballing a monitor?

What, you don't read my blog everyday?  Darn.  Eventually, l think people
will subscribe to their choice of online media (of which blogs are a part)
through a personal reading device. The positive is it will hold much more
data, and you won't need to lug around as many books and other things.  The
negative is that change is always difficult for human beings.  BTW, many
people spend an hour or more reading blogs each day, which is what many used
to spend reading their newspaper.

Just something to think about if we're trying to attract the elusive twenty
somethings.

Dee

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