Subject: Re: Blurring the lines From: loundy@earthlink.net (Mark Loundy) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 01:30:56 -0700

At 15:21 10/07/96, Suzanne Lainson wrote:
> Before I would totally embrace new technology for its own sake, I would try
> to fully understand trends. For example, is the fact that people are
> obtaining their news more from television than newspapers solely an
> indication that they prefer moving pictures to printed pictures, or is it
> also an indication that television allows them to do other things while
> they obtain their news. Trying to duplicate television on the web might not
> be desirable if the viewer is more interested in efficiency than in visual
> action.
[snip]

Suzanne,

EPW is about content, not marketing. We are trying to explore and perfect
methods of communication and storytelling. I realize that the issues that
you mention are an important part of that process, but, although we keep
market forces in mind as part of overall context, we're don't deal with
that sort of convergence at EPW. Nor, IMO, should we be.

Mark Loundy
Cyberspace Consulting                http://home.earthlink.net/~loundy/
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Telecommunication Chairman                 http://sunsite.unc.edu/nppa/
National Press Photographers Association
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