wait and see
a brief article about a colloquium headed by my new media advisor. sounds like the stuff he spoke about was more or less the same as what he talked about in a lecture last week entitled "convergence." (i couldn't attend the colloquium today because of classes.)
people always laugh at me when i say shit like we will have electronic handheld newspaper reading devices in a couple of decades and that the print newspaper will be obsolete, BUT IT IS TRUE. give me 20 years and we'll see who's laughing then, print fogey. but first up: most newspapers will transform into tabloid style, a la guardian in england. i speak the bible truth.

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is there a particular reason for the switch to the tabloid style? I'm curious.
it's a hell of a lot easier to handle and carry around, and it lends itself better to a new school of newspaper-design thought that says front pages should be more like the pages of a web site, with lots of graphics and lots of jumps and teases to stories inside. that works better in a smaller frame instead of the awkwardly long broadsheet standard.
okay, I guess that makes sense. Although I only agree with the first point if there are staples. Gotta have staples, otherwise I'd prefer the original format.
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