Damien Franco | Out With The Old…

Out With The Old…

Posted on December 3, 2008
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…In with the new.

That’s how the old saying goes, right?

It seems that many newspapers have been pulling the plug on… well, their business.  Sort of anyway.

I wrote about this before when facebook squared off with newspapers.

So I can’t be surprised to read Scoble’s question on whether or not newpapers have a shot.

Well, I suppose they do.  It’s a matter of whether they’re willing to make the changes that some of the more forward thinking “papers” have done and move online. 

So my question is: Do newspapers have to change their name as a business?

They have to change their business model if they want to succeed.  That theory becomes more evident as technology gets more portable and accessible.  There is a final frontier in all of this.  Those who aren’t quite “plugged in” 24/7.  It seems that group gets smaller and smaller before my very eyes.

I imagine a world, not far from now, where my children will grow up really knowing about computers and technology.  I mean knowing.  I didn’t know about it.  I learned it.  Much like most of you have learned it.  My kiddos will just end up knowing it.

My oldest turns 3 this month.  Her favorite toy right now is her Barbie laptop.  I’m just saying…

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