So the newspapers it seems are going to die (and from what I have been reading lately perhaps a shorter than expected death) but in this new piece Steven Johnson (a favorite writer) argues that perhaps the future isn't so bleak for news in general
"What’s more: the ecosystem of political news also included information coming directly from the candidates. Think about the Philadelphia race speech, arguably one of the two or three most important events in the whole campaign. Eight million people watched it on YouTube alone. Now, what would have happened to that speech had it been delivered in 1992?"
You can read the rest here. I can completely identify with Steven when he talks about stalking the college bookstore to get the new copy of MacWorld. I used to spend Sunday mornings beside the radio so I could record American Top 40 and know which songs were popular. (And this data was 2 weeks old by the time it aired) Now I can click on the Mediabase website and get accurate chart information updated hourly. I definitely feel much more in touch with the news I want to read more than ever before. Living in India today is a completely different experience than living in Morocco when I was in high school, much because of the access I have to news and other information on the internet. Its amazing. More soon.
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