'Three cheers for Gutenberg - and long live dead trees' Simon Jenkins, Guardian, January 6, 2006
My first word-processor was faster to use and had a longer battery life than anything produced since. In these crucial features, each new computer has been less efficient than the last. I just want a PC version of the Model T Ford. [Supposedly the] world of newspapers is once again on its last legs, its words going on screen and its advertising online... On my first day as a trainee at the Times... I was warned by an old hand that... [r]real journalism would be on television... [Today we are told c]olumnists must "blog or die"... [In reality] America's serious newspapers are declining because they are dull, worthy and uncompetitive. [Discusses the impact of the News International move to Wapping and the related impact on editorial innovation across the industry.] [In the UK] the growth in serious newspaper sales is unique. [Newspapers] have shown that they can grasp each new technology, including computers, and bend it to their will.
- Web Address: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/jan/06/news.columnists
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Tags: media industry, news media, industry dynamics
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