Bill Kim Bill Kim Newspaper - technology Technological advances made its impact in the newspaper industry and will continue to do so as the digital age become stronger. But it will be unlikely that by the year 2005 print news will move over completely to make way for on-line publications and personalized newspapers.
Computer systems allow newspapers to cut their rising costs for labor and energy.
Negroponte discusses this in Chapter 4 stating that computers play an important role in gathering news and improving the newspapers appearance. Negroponte gives several examples. Stories are now shipped by e-mail instead of being mailed or personally delivered. Stories can now be transferred to the editor instantly from anywhere in the world. All page and advertising layouts are designed on drawing programs.