Well-written survey of the damage. Newspapers: tradition-bound. In about 1985 I wrote an article about shopping for a home computer. The local newspaper editor

Well-written survey of the damage. Newspapers: tradition-bound. In about 1985 I wrote an article about shopping for a home computer. The local newspaper editor refused it with the comment "Aren't those kind of a niche product?" Their formula had worked a long, long time; they were asleep. Funny though: their newsrooms were full of boxen when the 'net took off. Obviously a piece of wire between the newsroom and me made the presses obsolete. TV was used to deciding what was good enough for us. And they added more and more advertising until a two-hour movie became a four-hour movie, so chopped up that it was impossible to enjoy. So once the net starts hitting them, do they compete by producing better shows? Nah, they go for the cheesy easy. Good riddance. Bangs leaves out the telcos ... who've also done everything they could to stall the inevitable. Google buying Gizmo5 is another symptom that their money-grubbing, metro-WiFi-blocking, stonewalling asses are getting nearer the lawnmower. Long live fiber, long live the net!