Harvard mag story: "The decline of the hard-copy newspaper appears irreversible"

But why does that matter? There will still be a need for people to write textbooks. The delivery system changes.

There's still a market for the information and commentary we provide. In fact, we're probably being read by more people than we were before the Internet. The geniuses on the business side need to find a way to make money on the product they're giving away.

 

Kids are pretty smart creatures when you think about it. Maybe we should ask them what the future of newsgathering and publishing holds because their response will probably not be that far off base.