Word: paper
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...Paper editions of newspapers will also exist in 25 years. Despite its cost, people like the portability of paper; they enjoy reading their morning edition while eating breakfast and bringing it with them on their commute to work. Some predict that portable wireless gadgets that receive news feeds could act as competitive substitutes for newspapers, but portable radios and televisions have existed for years without hurting newspaper sales. Researchers in the MIT Media Lab were recently looking into the possibility of developing paper with ink that rearranges itself on the page upon receiving electronic signals--so, in essence, your paper...
Even over the last 25 years, the paper and the organization have dramatically changed. Today's Crimson is much more geared toward campus issues than was the politically charged paper of a quarter century ago. Members of The Crimson are much more diverse in terms of gender, ethnicity and socio-economic status. Typewriters, hot wax and lead slugs have given way to computers, QuarkXPress and an imagesetter...
...today, even those assumptions have been challenged. With the rising popularity of the Internet over the last few years, many business analysts are predicting the end of newspapers, calling the industry a waste of paper. Newspapers have panicked, investing money to quickly become a presence...
Nevertheless, newspaper sales and advertising have yet to decline. Even with the entire content of most metro dailies being available online, people are still shelling out money on a daily basis to get a physical paper. Still, some argue that it is just a matter of time before a critical mass gets comfortable enough with the Internet that newspapers become a relic of the past...
...Newspapers will be more personalized. The average reader of a newspaper reads a fraction of all of the content contained in each edition. This translates to lots of wasted paper. Currently paper costs are low and personalization costs are high so this waste can exist. But as the technology develops, newspapers will be able to print different editions that cater to individual tastes. This trend has already begun as newspapers have developed regional editions with varying content. On a more personal scale, the Minnesota Star Tribune allows subscribers to have some choice as to what sections of their paper they...