Video: Newspapers Bring on Their Own Demise

by admin on January 29, 2009

An absolutely priceless news report 1981 showing how the two San Francisco newspapers started offering their regular editions online back in the day as an experiment. The downloads back then took two hours for a newspaper, with a $5 an hour phone charge — when it could be bought on the street for 20 cents. They called it the “telepaper” and predicted someday we’d all get our news this way.

A must view:

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