The Christian Science Monitor will become the first significant newspaper to shut off its printing press when it goes all-Web (plus a weekly magazine) in April.
This is a landmark event: We'll see many more like it in the not-so-distant future. As Monitor Editor John Yemma says, "We have the luxury–the opportunity–of making a leap that most newspapers will have to make in the next five years." He's probably optimistic.
Ken Doctor has some good analysis of the decision.
While I was not a reader of the CSM, I must admit that I read most newspapers online myself. Sign of the times... Yet, I find it sad that the glory days of the printed newspaper are clearly history - some of the biggest dailies are struggling seriously. Soon we will carry out 'Kindle' to the coffeehouse. Not quite the same...
Posted by: Hypnosis | October 29, 2008 at 01:34 AM