Comments on: Once Again: 1981 Video Predicts The Death Of Print Newspapers http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:32:29 -0800 hourly 1 By: The End of Print « The Digital Imperative http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2768375 The End of Print « The Digital Imperative Wed, 27 May 2009 12:06:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2768375 [...] (1981!!!!) that talks about the end of the newspaper and how it will be replaced by the computer. Techcrunch posted this earlier this month, but I just found it again, and thought it would be neat to post. I stole the title of this post [...] [...] (1981!!!!) that talks about the end of the newspaper and how it will be replaced by the computer. Techcrunch posted this earlier this month, but I just found it again, and thought it would be neat to post. I stole the title of this post [...]

]]> By: Abt.: My dear Tjurangrattlers « derJuti.de http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2742473 Abt.: My dear Tjurangrattlers « derJuti.de Mon, 11 May 2009 20:33:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2742473 [...] Für Zocker: mal wieder n paar gute Browser-Spielchen. Und für richtige Zocker (wtf? pwnd!) hier die Top 100 Games of 2008. Im übrigen lebt Nostradamus wohl immer noch - wiedergeboren als very old man or someone else - welcher den Death der Zeitungen (as it happens grad now in US of A) 1981 schon vorausgesagt hat. [...] [...] Für Zocker: mal wieder n paar gute Browser-Spielchen. Und für richtige Zocker (wtf? pwnd!) hier die Top 100 Games of 2008. Im übrigen lebt Nostradamus wohl immer noch – wiedergeboren als very old man or someone else – welcher den Death der Zeitungen (as it happens grad now in US of A) 1981 schon vorausgesagt hat. [...]

]]> By: Globe Gets Reprieve, Discovery Finds Success | The Allotrope http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2742153 Globe Gets Reprieve, Discovery Finds Success | The Allotrope Mon, 11 May 2009 17:05:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2742153 [...] papers like the Globe, which are suffering significant and ongoing declines in distribution (good follow up post, too). While I'm not sure I buy the premise that even the newspapers are so desparate as to believe [...] [...] papers like the Globe, which are suffering significant and ongoing declines in distribution (good follow up post, too). While I’m not sure I buy the premise that even the newspapers are so desparate as to believe [...]

]]> By: [Video] Video aus dem Jahr 1981 sagt das Ende der Zeitungen voraus « Medienfieber | Das Medien Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2733393 [Video] Video aus dem Jahr 1981 sagt das Ende der Zeitungen voraus « Medienfieber | Das Medien Blog Wed, 06 May 2009 08:36:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2733393 [...] [via] 0 Kommentare Keine Kommentare bis jetzt Einen Kommentar schreiben RSS-Feed für Kommentare zu diesem Beitrag. TrackBack URI Einen Kommentar schreiben Antworten abbrechen. Zeilen- und Absatzumbrüche automatisch, E-Mail-Adresse wird nicht angezeigt, HTML-Tags zulässig: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> [...] [...] [via] 0 Kommentare Keine Kommentare bis jetzt Einen Kommentar schreiben RSS-Feed für Kommentare zu diesem Beitrag. TrackBack URI Einen Kommentar schreiben Antworten abbrechen. Zeilen- und Absatzumbrüche automatisch, E-Mail-Adresse wird nicht angezeigt, HTML-Tags zulässig: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> [...]

]]> By: Janet http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2732033 Janet Tue, 05 May 2009 17:18:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2732033 I'm hoping the news delivery boy in this story is not really out of a job since he's probably about my age, and I'm too old to be delivering papers. Maybe he's working for Google. I’m hoping the news delivery boy in this story is not really out of a job since he’s probably about my age, and I’m too old to be delivering papers. Maybe he’s working for Google.

]]> By: Tsar http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2731137 Tsar Tue, 05 May 2009 07:15:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2731137 yeah...? my homoerectus relative thought about it before these guys did. Question is 'Is Madorch aware?'. yeah…? my homoerectus relative thought about it before these guys did. Question is ‘Is Madorch aware?’.

]]> By: also does http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730947 also does Tue, 05 May 2009 03:48:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730947 Also does predict a blog called TC, in 2009 Also does predict a blog called TC, in 2009

]]> By: Tom Haney http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730628 Tom Haney Mon, 04 May 2009 23:50:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730628 2 to 3 thousand home computers in the Bay Area! I do remember CompuServe defining the total market by the modem penetration numbers. 2 to 3 thousand home computers in the Bay Area! I do remember CompuServe defining the total market by the modem penetration numbers.

]]> By: Andrew Schrock http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730619 Andrew Schrock Mon, 04 May 2009 23:40:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730619 It's pretty easy to go back and find examples of single stories that made a point. Stories are routinely crafted to make a point, especially utilizing the old chestnut "time will tell" at the end. Does this really demonstrate that the industry as a whole knew the direction the Internet would take it? That doesn't seem plausible. Just because there is a technology that accomplishes a certain task (say, news delivery through NNTP) doesn't make it obvious that this, among all other possibilities, would co-evolve with society to be the next mass medium. Also, let's not forget that the web itself was still some ten years away in 1981. It’s pretty easy to go back and find examples of single stories that made a point. Stories are routinely crafted to make a point, especially utilizing the old chestnut “time will tell” at the end. Does this really demonstrate that the industry as a whole knew the direction the Internet would take it? That doesn’t seem plausible. Just because there is a technology that accomplishes a certain task (say, news delivery through NNTP) doesn’t make it obvious that this, among all other possibilities, would co-evolve with society to be the next mass medium. Also, let’s not forget that the web itself was still some ten years away in 1981.

]]> By: latechna Blog » Blog Archive » Big Screen Kindle coming this Wednesday http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730615 latechna Blog » Blog Archive » Big Screen Kindle coming this Wednesday Mon, 04 May 2009 23:38:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730615 [...] video below really says we were on this path anyways.Via.  Techcrunch addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flatechna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F04%2F224%2F'; addthis_title = [...] [...] video below really says we were on this path anyways.Via.  Techcrunch addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Flatechna.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F04%2F224%2F’; addthis_title = [...]

]]> By: w.r.printz http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730454 w.r.printz Mon, 04 May 2009 21:48:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730454 Strangely enough...after graduating from H.S. in...1981... I actually saw reports like this. Eventually, I went to work for CompuServe (who brought most of this technology to life at the time), and today...I own a Kindel. I still get the NYT on Sunday delivery...but I am not sure for how much longer. It would simply be so much less WASTE...though, I admit I prefer the feel of the paper...I suppose all of us (old) people are just going to have to get used to it. Strangely enough…after graduating from H.S. in…1981… I actually saw reports like this. Eventually, I went to work for CompuServe (who brought most of this technology to life at the time), and today…I own a Kindel.

I still get the NYT on Sunday delivery…but I am not sure for how much longer. It would simply be so much less WASTE…though, I admit I prefer the feel of the paper…I suppose all of us (old) people are just going to have to get used to it.

]]> By: Johan van Rooyen http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730331 Johan van Rooyen Mon, 04 May 2009 20:41:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730331 Kudos to Richard Halloran for being a credible early adopter! How the profile of early adopters have changed though! Kudos to Richard Halloran for being a credible early adopter! How the profile of early adopters have changed though!

]]> By: Maayan http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730291 Maayan Mon, 04 May 2009 20:17:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730291 Some how the posts on TC that I'm interested in keep ending up being written by you MG, kudos. As the business manager of my college paper I've only seen an increase in the prominence of campus news. Though not impossible, it's difficult to replicate the experience of picking up a paper as you walk in to class so that you can read articles written by peers while you wait, or play sudoku when the professor is boring. Of course all this can be done on laptops, and I have noticed an increased number of students using laptops in class rather than notebooks. Yet our pickup rates have actually increased. There's something to be said for even college students being behind the tech wave. Some how the posts on TC that I’m interested in keep ending up being written by you MG, kudos.

As the business manager of my college paper I’ve only seen an increase in the prominence of campus news. Though not impossible, it’s difficult to replicate the experience of picking up a paper as you walk in to class so that you can read articles written by peers while you wait, or play sudoku when the professor is boring. Of course all this can be done on laptops, and I have noticed an increased number of students using laptops in class rather than notebooks. Yet our pickup rates have actually increased. There’s something to be said for even college students being behind the tech wave.

]]> By: fun watching the chaos Media Center Edition http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730285 fun watching the chaos Media Center Edition Mon, 04 May 2009 20:15:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730285 It'll be ASCII you fool...CGA was hardly that good and it would be two color like a halloween sex dream. It’ll be ASCII you fool…CGA was hardly that good and it would be two color like a halloween sex dream.

]]> By: The Business Sausage http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730267 The Business Sausage Mon, 04 May 2009 20:01:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730267 I want to go back to 1981 and invent internet pr0n. I want to go back to 1981 and invent internet pr0n.

]]> By: Zack S. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730196 Zack S. Mon, 04 May 2009 19:32:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730196 Pfft. That's nothing. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/transition/subs/murphy.html" rel="nofollow">These guys saw it coming in 1895</a>. <i>I own to you frankly that I do not believe (and the progress of electricity and modern mechanism forbids me to believe) that Gutenberg's invention can do otherwise than sooner or later fall into desuetude as a means of current interpretation of our mental products… . Our grandchildren will no longer trust their works to this somewhat antiquated process, now become very easy to replace by phonography</i>. Other than the phonography point, I think they nailed it. Pfft. That’s nothing. These guys saw it coming in 1895.

I own to you frankly that I do not believe (and the progress of electricity and modern mechanism forbids me to believe) that Gutenberg’s invention can do otherwise than sooner or later fall into desuetude as a means of current interpretation of our mental products… . Our grandchildren will no longer trust their works to this somewhat antiquated process, now become very easy to replace by phonography.

Other than the phonography point, I think they nailed it.

]]> By: what what the http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730095 what what the Mon, 04 May 2009 18:37:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730095 MG Recycler. MG Recycler.

]]> By: JT http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730092 JT Mon, 04 May 2009 18:36:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730092 Its not like newspapers didn't see this coming, it was inevitable. i do remember taking a field trip when i was a kid to a local newspaper office and seeing their news arrive via a small monochromatic monitor sitting in the middle of an office. Even as a kid i thought to myself, why don't we all have one of those in our houses! Flash to today and boy how things have changed! Its not like newspapers didn’t see this coming, it was inevitable. i do remember taking a field trip when i was a kid to a local newspaper office and seeing their news arrive via a small monochromatic monitor sitting in the middle of an office.
Even as a kid i thought to myself, why don’t we all have one of those in our houses!

Flash to today and boy how things have changed!

]]> By: MG Siegler http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730038 MG Siegler Mon, 04 May 2009 18:10:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730038 Yeah my bad, before my time :) But I reworked slightly, as I think it's particularly meaningful for today's news. Thanks! Yeah my bad, before my time :) But I reworked slightly, as I think it’s particularly meaningful for today’s news. Thanks!

]]> By: Josh http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730036 Josh Mon, 04 May 2009 18:09:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730036 MG, you're slowly becoming my favorite writer in TechCrunch (all of you are great though). Are you aware that you just recycled a previous post written in TechCrunch 2-3 months ago? MG, you’re slowly becoming my favorite writer in TechCrunch (all of you are great though).

Are you aware that you just recycled a previous post written in TechCrunch 2-3 months ago?

]]> By: MG Siegler http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730035 MG Siegler Mon, 04 May 2009 18:09:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730035 Thanks Dan, forgive me, wasn't around back then :) But yeah, I've reworked rather than removed as I think it's more pertinent now given today's news. Thanks Dan, forgive me, wasn’t around back then :) But yeah, I’ve reworked rather than removed as I think it’s more pertinent now given today’s news.

]]> By: Dan http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/04/1981-video-predicts-the-death-of-print-newspapers/comment-page-1/#comment-2730029 Dan Mon, 04 May 2009 18:05:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=61611#comment-2730029 Um ... http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/you-need-to-see-this-video/ Um …

http://www.tech...see-this-video/

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