The Future of the Newspaper is as a 2.0 Platform

Michael Kinsley, writing in Time magazine, asks the big (and loaded) question: “Do Newspapers Have a Future?” Kinsley notes that newspapers have embraced blogging as one solution, but overall his column raises more questions than it even attempts to answer.

Blogging has been wonderful for newspapers. It unshackles reporters from just delivering facts. They can now show who they are as people through the expression of opinions. However, blogging is the first in a series of dominoes that have to fall for the newspaper to thrive in a world where the reader rules - and tells everyone so.