…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…
