NEWSPAPERS IN THAILAND TO DIE IN 2037
Newspapers in Thailand will disappear in 2037 - many years after other parts of the world - according to a prediction from Australian-based futurist Ross Dawson.
His Newspaper Extinction Timeline shows newspapers in the U.S. will be the first to disappear in 2017. He predicts those in the U.K. will disappear some two years later.
Dawson also provides a framework for the drivers behind the demise of newspapers as we know them. Global factors he cites include the increased cost performance of mobile phones, increased cost performance of tablets/ e-readers, the development of high performance digital paper, changes in newsprint and print production costs, the uptake of digital news monetization mechanisms, changing trends in advertising spend and allocation, and the development of open platforms.
HAVE YOUR SAY.
When do you think newspapers in Thailand will disappear completely? Is 2037 an accurate prediction? Are readers in Thailand willing to make the switch from print to digital, and also willing to pay for digital content in the same way they would when purchasing a print product? Join the debate and leave a comment.
4 comments:
I read the link yesterday lol what a coincidence!
I personally think newspaper won't disappear completely. Few newspapers will survive, I'm certain.
Moreover, Thailand is probably not ready for digital especially for those in rural areas or people who don't have enough money to support the gadgets used for reading digital newspaper.
Great points Nattility. Thanks.
I agree with you that until such time as everyone has the ability to access news and content anywhere - and pay for it - then newspapers and other print media will not disappear.
An interesting concept and possibly true in say the USA or indeed the UK. Personally I don't think it will happen, certainly in my lifetime(next 20 years or so).
There's still something very comforting curling up on a Sunday morning with the massive papers they deliver in the UK. Reading material for a week.
Generally speaking paying for on-line news content doesn't seem to have taken off(yet).
Here in Thailand, access would seem to be the issue but I could see non-rural Thais embracing the idea.
Sipping coffee in the morning along with reading your favorite newspaper .... always classic ! :P
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