Chapter 4—Pulped Wood versus Electrons:
Can the Print World Learn to Love the Net?
[4.1]. A.C.’s work is on the Net, but in the strictest sense he himself isn’t. His daughter at a paper in Florida can enjoy his columns online but can’t even swap e-mail with him. Perhaps she’ll eventually conquer his technophobia. A.C., I’m rooting for you.
[4.2]. Frank Daniels III, “One newspaper’s journey on the Internet,” T Leaves: A Newsletter for NAA Members, October 1994. NAA is the Newspaper Association of America.
[4.3]. David Streitfeld, “Book report,” Washington Post, September 25, 1994, page 19 of Book World section.
[4.4]. Lewis and many other journalists here do not necessarily serve as official spokespeople for their publications.
[4.5]. Teresea Martin, “Like a newspaper, but better: Tablets will succeed where others have failed,” Digital[Digital] Media: A Seybold Report, September 13, 1994.
[4.6]. Jonathan Seybold, “How the rise of electronic media is affecting paper prices,” Digital Media Perspective, March 27, 1995.
[4.7]. To Baker’s credit, he seems to have learned about the new media since writing the article. Commendably he came out for an online royalty-collection approach that would be less onerous to readers than the approach favored by the Clinton Administration.
[4.8]. As usual, for aesthetic reasons, I’m using italics to show emphasis in place of the original capitalization.