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Dilbert: Newspapers are dying

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By: , IntoMobile
Sunday, October 14th, 2007 at 10:06 AM

While there’s nothing new in the “newspapers are dying” phrase, we wanted to post Scott Adams’ thinking on the subject. According to the “Dilbert” creator, newspapers will die out within two upgrades of a cell phone.

DilbertLooking at the iPhone, Adams commented: “When you have a web browser in your pocket, a printed newspaper is redundant.” On the other hand he admits that 10 years ago, he said newspapers would die out in five years. So maybe newspapers will last for at least four upgrades of a mobile phone.

At the end, it’s fun to quote the top five reasons why newspapers will survive according to Dilbert blog readers: Coupons, Toilets, Boomers, Subways, and Pet waste.

[Via: textually.org]

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • @seankinn

    All the newspaper industry has to do to save itself is to re-train staff. If individual freelance bloggers are pulling in $15K a month in AdSense advertisements, what would that do for a re-configured newspaper industry? Newspapers already have text gurus in place; it’s just a matter of instructing the writers and reporters on correct Web 2.0 Article Submission techniques, Web 2.0 Comments, SEO — in general, on how to treat their paper like a Web 2.0 Blog — to leverage the position they already have within their local communities. Heck, one person could start a Web 2.0 Newspaper in Dilbertville and put the remaining mainstream online and paper newspapers out of business. (Now *that's* funny, aye, hoser :-) SK