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A World Without The NY Times?

At least, one without a print version? In this fascinating article stemming from a conversation at the World Economic Forum, Arthur Sulzberger talks about the future of the Gray Lady. Excerpts:

Given the constant erosion of the printed press, do you see the New York Times still being printed in five years?
"I really don't know whether we'll be printing the Times in five years, and you know what? I don't care either," he says.


Sulzberger is focusing on how to best manage the transition from print to Internet.
"The Internet is a wonderful place to be, and we're leading there," he points out.

The Times, in fact, has doubled its online readership to 1.5 million a day to go along with its 1.1 million subscribers for the print edition.

Sulzberger says the New York Times is on a journey that will conclude the day the company decides to stop printing the paper. That will mark the end of the transition. It's a long journey, and there will be bumps on the road, says the man at the driving wheel, but he doesn't see a black void ahead.

The whole article is worth a read. Net? I'm pretty optimistic about the role of journalism, in print and online. Good to see Art agrees with me. ;)

 

Published Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:36 PM by FrankShaw
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