It started in 1981

I found this news clip from 1981 about a paper putting its content up online. Quite a fascinating watch for someone young like me.

 

SF Examiner editor in the clip: "We're not in it to make money." Sigh.

 

How old was that guy at around 1:32 speaking about using the electronic edition on his home computer?

Guy must be over 80 now. Wonder if he still reads the paper online.

 

Amazing that it took two hours to get just the paper's text onto your computer via dial-up back then. Imagine, $10 for a paper, and you're not even getting photos.

Most depressing part was the anchor making a joke out of how nobody's about to lose their jobs over this. Sheesh.

 

That's David Cole, who for the past 20 years or so has run the (expensive) industry newsletter News Inc.

 

Nice d_b

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/66398/

 

Must've missed it the first time around.

 

Of a D_B http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/66325/

 

It's like the scene in Almost Famous, where William's writing his Stillwater story at the San Fran offices. Ben Fong Torres sets him up.

"We've got a mojo, sends a page every 18 minutes."

 

And the second.

Also, getting called out by Pete for a DB is like having Spnited tell you you're old.

 

Awesome. True. And awesome.

 

I love the old guy's identification:

Richard Halloran
Owns Home Computer