Think the media world isn't ripe for a change? Consider this "future is now" reference from today's WSJ.
This technological/social merry-go-round isn't about to stop anytime soon. Consider the following six tech stories, all of which were reported last week, and ask yourself how many of them would have seemed like science fiction just a couple of years ago:
A major TV network faces anger from owners of high-end HDTV sets that its sports coverage, while impressive, is a day old. Japanese officials investigate recording companies on suspicion that they're blocking rivals from offering ringtones to cellphone users. A cable-TV provider begins a trial of videophones for 140,000 subscribers. Two telecom giants ink a deal giving their customers access to each other's Wi-Fi hot spots. Protesters headed for a political convention get daily cellphone text messages telling them where to go. U.S. law-enforcement officials raid a ring of suspected pirates who made 45 terabytes of copyrighted material -- four times as much data as in the Library of Congress's print collection -- available for download over a peer-to-peer network.
Now ask yourself: How much has your local newspaper really changed in the past five years?
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