Imagine a post print NYT

Imagine there's no heaven... er, ugh, um, ok sorry.

I saw this peice in the Atlantic monthly and thought some bits of it worth posting here.

Can America’s paper of record survive the death of newsprint? Can journalism?
"...what if the old media dies much more quickly? What if a hurricane comes along and obliterates the dunes entirely? Specifically, what if The New York Times goes out of business—like, this May?"

"Forced to make a Web-based strategy profitable, a reconstructed Web site could start mixing original reportage with Times-endorsed reporting from other outlets with straight-up aggregation. The remaining reporters—now reporters-cum-bloggers, in many cases—could use their considerable savvy to mix their own reporting with that of others, giving us a more integrative, real-time view of the world unencumbered by the inefficiencies of the traditional journalistic form. Times readers might actually end up getting more exposure than they currently do to reporting resources scattered around the globe, and to areas and issues that are difficult to cover in a general-interest publication."

Hmmm, will the NYT go the way of non-profits?
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