Rethinking Newspaper Delivery

by David Burn on October 10, 2005

David Carr writing in The New York Times considers a futuristic newspaper reading device.

What the newspaper industry really needs is an iPod moment.
Consider if the line between the Web and print matter were erased by a device for data consumption, not data entry – all screen, no baggage – that was uplinked and updated constantly: a digital player for the eyes, with an iTunes-like array of content available at a ubiquitous volume and a low, digestible price.

  • brent

    Its an ideal idea, and I think some people might go for it. But I know my preference is still to hold onto and read something in the physical. This needs to happen and be affordable and accessible to the general public. Then old farts and traditionalists like myself can hop onto the band wagon.

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    Newspapers Need An iPod Moment

    Writing in The New York Times, David Carr considers a futuristic newspaper reading device: What the newspaper industry really needs is an iPod moment. Consider if the line between the Web and print matter were erased by a device for…

  • http://www.adsbringcustomers.com David Morgan

    I have developed a ‘demo’ site which allows block ads to be built by advertisers themselves and then submitted to newspapers. This puts the creativity in the advertisers hands.
    This is like google adwords for newspapers.
    http://www.adsbringcustomers.com
    I am looking for newspaper partners.

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