New York Times: At Least They're Trying

I--like most people I know-- earnestly want the New York Times to succeed. Despite some of the problems I have with the way newspaper industry is trying to stave off extinction (paywalls, cutting newsroom staff, etc.), newspapers like the New York Times still cannot be beat in terms of in-depth, quality reporting. So I was very pleased to hear that the newspaper giant is working on a prototype reader tenatively title Article Skimmer . This app will be a bridge between the familiarity and comfort of reading a print newspaper and the ease and convience of online or mobile reading. You can try out the prototype of the new app here.

It is my hope that the NY Times will be successful in this endevour and create a new way to read articles that will revitalize the newspaper industry. Unfortunatly, it seems incredibly unlikely that any one thing will bring newspapers back from the brink. But it's okay, cause in the future there are no newspapers. Instead, government sponsored news reports are projected onto big screens near rundown factories. At least that's how it always goes in my dystopic nightmares...