He Saw It Coming
The impact of digital communication has absolutely devastated the newspaper industry. Most pundits are sitting around, shaking their heads wondering how this ever could have happened. If you ask most of them, they’ll tell you that even ten years ago they couldn’t have predicted this. That is, everyone but the former publisher of Louisville, Kentucky’s Courier-Journal. In 1981 publisher Barry Bingham Jr. told his Harvard classmates at their 25th college reunion that “by the time they met for their 50th,’most of what we read will be transmitted into our homes or offices electronically.'”
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