“2009 is going to be a bloodbath”
by Pablo Defendini
Clay Shirky on the future of media:
The 500-year-old accident of economics occasioned by the printing press – high upfront cost and filtering happening at the source of publication – is over. But will the New York Times still exist on paper? Of course, because people will hit the print button.
The whole article is well worth a read. It’s not too long, but it covers basics of Shirky’s predictions about how the media laandscape is going to shift (or is already shifting).
Digital guru Clay Shirky’s media forecast and predictions for 2009 | Media | The Guardian.
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