FUTURE OF PRINT
Editor Alex Seo
Kurt Andersen, a former editor of New York[Magazine]and, with Mr. Carter, a founder of Spy magazine, said that print magazines were still breathing, but that the recent upheaval was a sign that the denouement might not be far off.“The 1920s to the 2020s was kind of the century of the magazine,” he said, noting that The New Yorker and Time were founded in the decade before the Great Depression.“Today,” he added,“the industry is in more of a dusk-a slow dusk-and we're closer to sunset.”
——Sep. 23, 2017, The New York Times
For a long time, digital media took cues from print, trying to recreate what worked on paper for a website or an app. lt's only been in the past couple of years that we've begun to see global changes in news and content consumption because of the internet. Even people who buy daily papers have completely changed their reading habits..
——Feb. 28, 2017, Forbes
The bigger picture is that, despite all the naysayers, quality newspapers do
appear to have a future-albeit as luxury goods. After all the turmoil of the past decade, though, that's kind of encouraging news.
——Dec.4.2012. The New Yorker
“I think Tim Wu really nailed it on NPR recently: lt's all about 'the quest for clicks’. Digital and mobile media are steamrolling away the print world. As society continues to increase the percentage of web-born youth, that print number will only decline more and more. In the not too distant future, every billboard, every bus ad, every news
source will be read/seen/watched digitally.”
Jamie Diamond, media company InDinero,
Jan.5, 2017, Forbes
“l think the demise of print is a myth. There is enough evidence to prove that
there will be print, and it.will continue in many forms and be available in many places. lt is an ever-changing world driven very hard by consumers and by companies that aggregate content like Facebook, but you have to adapt your business to fit
a) where the money is and
b) where your audience is,
All of these social media businesses are about telling a story and then building a business around it, and you have to be very collaborative. Those people at the top of their blogging game are knowledgeable and powerful and reach a new consumer. Why would [magazines] not work with them? Why would I not work with Instagram? It is a really brilliant place to put very beautiful images and we are in the business of beautiful images.’
Lorraine Candy, former Elle UK editor-in-chief and current luxury editor for Sunday Times, Dec.12, 2016, The Guardian
