THE IDEA THAT THE NYT IS CONSIDERING GOING BACK TO THE "PAID SUBSCRIPTION" MODEL IS OMINOUS...
NEWSPAPERS ARE ON THE ENDANGERED SPEICES LIST ...
THE INTERNETS ABILITY TO DISTRIBUTE PRINT MEDIA QUICKLY AND CHEAPLY IS JUST TO STARK...
MAKE NO MISTAKE...THE NEWSPAPERS WILL BE THE FIRST TO GO...
THEN PRINTED BOOKS...PERHAPS IN ANOTHER 50 YEARS...
IN 100YEARS TO BE "IN PRINT" ...PHYSICALLY...WILL REQUIRE A VERY GOOD REASON...
NO INDUSTRY HAS BEEN SO IMPACTED BY THE INTERNET...AND THE DIGITIZATION OF PRINT...AS THE PUBLISHERS...
THEY ARE GOING TO THE WAY OF THE PRINT SHOP "KEY LINERS"...
AND THE "SCRIBES" OF OLD...!
IT'S CALLED PROGRESS...MORE PEOPLE ...GETTING MORE STUFF ...MORE CHEAPLY...
IT'S WHY MALTHUS WAS WRONG...!
