We don’t know yet if this will become the principal mode of communication, and newspapers don’t want to be 20 years behind. On the other hand, this may be a fool’s errand, who knows?
Predictor: Dennis, Everette
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article, Minneapolis Star-Tribune reporter Steve Alexander interviewed the Freedom Forum’s Everette Dennis about online news. Alexander writes: ”‘I think the Internet is the way [for newspapers] to go,’ said Everette Dennis, executive director of the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, a think tank affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. ‘It’s cheaper and has greater range and accessing capability.’ Dennis said it’s too early to know exactly how online newspapers will differ from traditional ones, or whether electronic papers will survive. ‘It’s become very trendy for newspapers to do this, and it may be very wise. We don’t know yet if this will become the principal mode of communication, and newspapers don’t want to be 20 years behind. On the other hand, this may be a fool’s errand, who knows?'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Newspapers
Name of publication: Star Tribune
Title, headline, chapter name: Read All ÁñÁ«app¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾Èë It – Online; More Newspapers Across the U.S. Are Launching Electronic Editions
Quote Type: Partial quote
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