That Freight Train’s a Long Way Off
Boingboing posted an article showing that even the SF Examiner saw the potential in “electronic newspapers” as far back as 1981. According to a KRON report from that year, the newspaper cooperated with seven other major newspapers to create a dial-in delivery service that allowed users to get the whole paper (minus “pictures, ads, and the comics”) in a short two hours.
According to the Examiner’s editor in charge of programming the day’s edition, “this is an experiment. … We’re not in it to make money. We’re probably not going to lose a lot, but we’re not going to make much either.” Well, they get points for being half right. I would give anything to read their report on the experiment.
Funny enough, at some point we’ll revert back to hand-held copies if e-paper ever lives up to the hype.
The last line is the saddest. Here’s the video:
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