Why the Tablet won’t save the print industry
Posted on : 17-01-2010 | By : Vadim Lavrusik | In : Online Journalism, Tools
Tags: apple, ereader, journalism, mobile, news, tablet
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Update: My friend and colleague Shane Snow has a funny comic on this same topic.
Over the course of the last several weeks, I have seen several articles calling Apple’s Tablet the “savior” of print media and similar prophetic names. However, I am still somewhat skeptical that the Tablet will have a substantial difference in helping the print industry. I want to outline a few reasons why I think it could help, but also why I am quite skeptical.








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