New York Daily News plays catch up

This story published today by the New York Daily News reports on the brilliant mock documentary, Epic 2014 produced by Robin Sloan and Mark Thompson.

This is a catch up story for the New York Daily News since Epic 2014 has been around since late last year and widely reported at online news sites and in countless blogs. While soft in its analysis of the power of Epic, the report at least provides a link so readers can mke their own assessment.

These two pars from the article provide context for the article:

The mockumentary arrives at a time of unusually high anxiety for the news industry. Publishers are nervous – some would say paralyzed with fright – over polls showing that young adults are not reading papers.

Rupert Murdoch, speaking at the recent convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, warned that newspapers risked being “relegated to the status of also-rans” if they don’t make use of the Internet.

Viewing Epic 2014 ought to be compulsory for everyone remotely connected with the news and information supply chain.