Reporting lives even if newspapers don't

So I was wondering about the internet/ 1955 TV parallel discussed earlier.
Was the internet born like cable TV with lots of choices or is the internet still in its infancy and what's coming in the next 30 to 40 years will make the current version of the web laughable?
Just curious.

 

Personally, I think the Web is gradually backing into its business and distribution model. It remains something of a frontier when it comes to adhering to basic business disciplines. Tech stockholders will demand earnings in the post-economic collapse era. You're going to begin to pay, one way or another, for content that doesn't rest in the public domain.

 

I still say Lugs has a point. I don't read anything for free online. I pay for Internet access, and I pay a lot more for ublimited mobile access. The more I consider that, the more I see the ISP argument and other access as key things the someone in "someone will figure it out" needs to make a real run at.

 

And ublimited typos too.