The newspaper industry is dwindling, Detroit is crumbling, but there are some bright spots surfacing. As Detroit newspapers are challenged with a declining industry and harsh economic conditions, they are mixing things up. Recently announced, Detroit News subscribers will be the first in the country to test Amazon.com's rival e-reader, produced by California-based firm Plastic Logic, the Plastic Logic Reader. This partnership with the Detroit News, Detroit Media Partnership and the Detroit Free Press will drastically change the way subscribers receive their paper. Below is a video demo of the Plastic Logic's e-reader. No price has been set for the device, but it is said to rival Amazon.com's Kindle 2 priced at $359.
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I just read an blog where the blogger spoke of reading her twitter account over coffee in the morning instead of the paper.
ReplyDeleteAnother nail in the coffin of newspapers? More incentive to make Kindle more available -- I'm interested but I am not an early adopter and hence not willing to pay the premium (even for the new and improved Kindle 2). Especially since I have to pay a nominal fee to subscribe to some of the content.
This is a real problem especially for content providers -- how do you make people start paying for content when it was free before.