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• As a kid growing up in a small city (Wilmington, DE pop. ~100,000) there were three papers (at different times) every working day. Frequently, there would be an "Extra" - making four editions in a day. People have always wanted news all the time, information all the time - and in a way papers tried to meet that need. Now, it's minute-by-minute information needs and newspapers will never be able to match Google. BUT (and it's a BIG BUT still) Google will NEVER be able to match the newspaper for some aspects of information and ease-of-use. Lounging on the deck or at the beach or in the lobby of the Waldorf - with the Sunday Times - tossing it aside, picking it up, clipping a piece to fold into a SLOOOW letter to an old friend mentioned in the piece - because that information "artifact" will have a certain physical durability - well, you get the idea. And the papers are adapting to this new role (often dualized on the Web). And papers are adapting their content to match this more durable role. It remains to be seen whether all will do it well. But like the book (versus the e-book) there is a long term role for the newspaper - and Google, etal. too. And most of us want to see BOTH survive and prosper. In reply to: "Is this the way to contain Google? Really?"

  September 16, 2008

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