What's Killing Newspapers Is The Same Thing That Killed The Slide Rule
"The only reason we're so well-informed about journalists' suffering is they have easy access to a megaphone. The underlying cause of their grief can be traced to the same force that has destroyed other professions and industries: digital technology… Wherever digital zeros and ones can dislodge analog processes, they either have or are. Call it a digital slay-ride." Slate 12/16/08

Posted December 17, 2008 09:05 PM