New York Times Exectutive Editor Bill Keller went on NPR last month to discuss the state of the newspaper.
He is biased and confident that printed newspapers will survive the internet.
In Keller's opinion, "It's a nice sensation to turn the pages... and you get a quality of serendipity."
He goes on to say that, "the internet hasn't quite figured out how to do serendipity in the same way that an old-fashioned newspaper does".
Keller either needs to spend a week with me or assumes there are only two players in this debate.
Enter e-paper.
I was talking with a guy who works for the Chicago Tribune in the lobby of my building and he started describing this wacky concept.
A digital device that approximated the look and feel of a real newspaper.
This manifestation of a page of newspaper would require you to turn the page to get to the next. You could download the daily news each morning before the train, or leave it plugged into your computer for a live stream of breaking news.
You'll turn the pages, but it certainly won't be old-fashioned.
That said, I've no idea whether market research has reported successful serendipity.
Nor how you cut out an article and paste it on the fridge.
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This is interesting... and I think I would take some kind of shelving system to market. I'd have a hard time setting my e-paper down of onto the floor of the john in my office.
Yeah or spreading it out across the kitchen floor while Snoopy learns to go weewee outside.
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