TechCrunch pointed out a provocative TV news piece from 1981 that—with 20/20 hindsight—reveals the dangers facing print journalism, namely, the Internet. The piece is about an emerging technology: Electronic journalism on your home computer.
“We’re not in it to make money,” David Cole, of the San Francisco Examiner, says in the video. “We’re probably not going to lose a lot, but we’re not going to make much either.”
Not going to lose a lot, eh.
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Hmmm... this is an historical clip? Compare its intro to this one:
http://blog.ragan.com/prjunkie/2009/05/people_dont_like_you_why_not_highlight_it_.html
What's up here?
Posted by Betsy Ford | May 23, 2009 9:00 AM
Posted on May 23, 2009 09:00
That's pretty interesting. I had a friend who worked on a similar project in LA in the early 1980s, and it was so slow-going, he gave up on the firm.
What gives this whole thing perspective is that even though they could see their fate before anyone else, these same newspapers to this day continue to resist the inevitable change that THEY predicted 27 years ago.
Posted by TJ | May 5, 2009 9:46 AM
Posted on May 5, 2009 09:46