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by jrwoodruff 6248 days ago
Nice video. It's funny you posted that because I am actually a newspaper designer. And he's right, to some extent. Obviously, I believe that design can play a major role in newspapers, and really great design can be done. But it takes an amazing amount of coordination and manpower to pull of those designs. Several papers in the U.S. have been reknowned for this well-thought-out very highly designed content, including the Hartford Courant and the Virgina Pilot (and both have been named best-designed by SND at some point I believe), but it hasn't helped them as far as I'm aware.

There is a market for newspapers. I believe there probably always will be. But the market for 7-day-a-week local papers is dying fast. My headline was meant to be a bit snarky. My point really is: It's the INTERNET. No piece of hardware is going to change that.