Naspers chairman Koos Bekker said the decline of newspapers marks the inexorable advance of technology.
Koos Bekker said the decline and death of newspapers in print form is inevitable and marks the inexorable advance of technology.in City Press – a Naspers-owned title whose print edition is earmarked for closure – Bekker said that over centuries, the media journalists and publishers have used to disseminate information has changed dramatically.
Naspers-owned Media24 is reportedly planning to scrap the print editions of several well-known titles, including City Press, Daily Sun, Rapport and Beeld, putting the jobs of media professionals on the line. “Over time, almost the entire process has become electronic, except for the very final act, when a huge machine of steel still smears the output in ink on flattened tree trunks,” Bekker wrote.
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