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>>A general point on this theme could be made by stating that any debate on 
>>the supposed threat the Net is for newspapers is a rather endless one; 
>>history has shown that every single medium sooner or later will find its 
>>own niche in the market and will not simply 'dissappear' because of another 
>>medium. As I understand it, recent studies acutally indicate that the 
>>medium to 'suffer most from the Net (and the audience turning to the Web 
>>for their news) is the television.
>>
>
>And yet, they may not suffer much, in the long run. The above statement
will likely remain true as long as the average user continues to access the
Internet with a slow modem. 
>
>Sometime down the road, and I would be the last to predict when, bandwidth
and average access speed will get to the point where a home computer will
be as viable a receiver for TV news as a TV receiver now is. Certainly, the
existence of cable modems show that convergence in this medium is at least
being contemplated by multichannel providers (cable industry). Broadcast
television will only suffer as long as it takes it to partner with
companies that have an existing Internet presence.
>
>Another fine point I might raise is that the Internet is not a 'medium',
per se. Rather, it is a channel (a worldwide network of computer networks)
upon which various media can deliver their messages to an audience. 

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