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Kicked Into the Future
by Andrew McCaskey
Newspapers and the Kindle
The Twitter stream @themediaisdying documents the day to day demise of the newspaper as we have known in for the past two hundred years. The Rocky Mountain News, the Seattle PI, the Chicago Tribune and scores of lesser known names are circling the deadpool on a business model that no longer works. Imagine my surprise to read that like the burning suspension bridge behind Indiana Jones, there may be a technology bridge to the opposite cliff.
The Silicon Valley Insider did an analysis of the publishing costs of the New York Times, based upon public statements on subscriber levels and costs. Their conclusion was that the New York Times could BUY a Amazon Kindle for each subscriber, give it to the subscriber and save money, compared with the physical print and distribution of the printed paper version of the product. In fact, the calculations indicated that the New York Times costs would be cut in half ! There have been rumors that the Hearst organization is considering a portable reader of it’s own.
The CES Show had a number of Kindle knock-offs at the $200 price point. It may be the future of ePaper is coming at us faster than we think – from an unexpected source.
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