The newspaper’s publisher and chairman stated it will happen, the date is to be determined
I read today on Mashable that Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the publisher and chairman of The New York Times, announced recently at a conference that the newspaper will eventually go out of physical print circulation.
There is no set date for this to happen, so who knows specifically when Sulzberger was talking about. It could be in 10 years from now or next year.
It is interesting for the publisher of the most popular newspaper in the country to make such a bold statement. Not fully surprising when considering the direction media consumption has been going. The Internet, social networks and devices like smart phones and tablet PCs allow for the sharing of rich news stories in interactive ways, which is a different world than what print can provide.
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Plus, with newspaper revenues going down over the last few years, the digital direction is one that will save money in production costs for publishers.
It is surely an interesting time we live in, especially when it comes to the Internet, technology and media consumption. The original article has more insight from Sulzberger on the topic.
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