Have you seen this video? It showed up last week on TechCrunch, and it’s a TV spot on the digital future of newspapers.
Have a look:
I don’t even know where to start. What kinds of questions does this bring to mind? What are your thoughts?
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Not just the “we’re not in to make money” comment, but it’s the final seconds of the video clip that I love — when the news anchor notes that the new “telepaper” will basically cost subscribers $10 and is (wait for it): “not much competition for the 20 cent street edition.” How times (and pricing models) have changed.
@DoreenatDMS I love that final line, it’s so deliciously ironic. The fact is that the economics have changed dramatically (maybe reversed?), as have the abilities of the standard “home computer.”
I especially liked the identifier, “Owns home computer.” Hard for me to imagine what it was like when that was enough to inspire an interview!
I just can’t believe what a pipe dream online news seemed then, and what an in-your-face reality it is now. Nobody then could have imagined just how transformative this medium would prove to be.