NEWSPAPERS OR NEWSPUTERS?

The most surprising thing about newspapers in the year 2000 may be that they will still exist, and will probably look very much the same as they do today. The computerised production systems will, of course, be more advanced; the mechanisms for distribution will be more sophisticated; and the methods used for gathering, analysing and managing the incoming news information will have been transformed. But the printed newspaper will still be there. The ink will no doubt be vegetable‐based and biodegradable, and more of the paper will be recycled — but ink on newsprint there will be.