Relevant commentary, which I think cuts through much of the nonsense about the future of hard copy news: When the Tribune Company recently got rid of their new

Relevant commentary, which I think cuts through much of the nonsense about the future of hard copy news: When the Tribune Company recently got rid of their newspapers, the New York Times ran the story under a headline “The Tribune Company’s publishing unit is being spun off, as the future of print remains unclear.” The future of print remains what? Try to imagine a world where the future of print is unclear: Maybe 25 year olds will start demanding news from yesterday, delivered in an unshareable format once a day. Perhaps advertisers will decide “Click to buy” is for wimps. Mobile phones: could be a fad. After all, anything could happen with print. Hard to tell, really. Meanwhile, back in the treasurer’s office, have a look at this chart. Do you see anything unclear about the trend line? <Graph showing newspaper ad revenue dropping from >$60 billion in 2000 to <$20 billion in 2010. Click link below to see it.> - Clay Shirky, "Last Call", 19 Aug 2014 https://medium.com/@cshirky/last-call-c682f6471c70 https://medium.com/@cshirky/last-call-c682f6471c70