I first heard Rob Curly speak last year at the Beyond The Printed Word conference in Vienna. Rob is a visionary in newspaper circles and a guru at harnessing new technologies in newspapers. On March 27 this year Rob Curly spoke as part of the Spring New Media Lecture Series at The University of California Berkley. His presentation It’s Not About the Device, It’s About The Information is excellent. If you want to hear first hand about the newspaper of the future, take the time to watch and listen to this presentation. Then, visit the Wasington Post On Being and see how Rob is reconnecting his newspaper with its community.
The connection for newsagents is that the challenges Rob talks about for newspapers relate to our newsagencies as well – relevance and connection. Do we get that as a channel? Only time will tell. Publishers understand and are embracing what Rob and his ilk have to say. Check out the Washington Post. It’s changing. Are we?
Kudos to US Berkeley for posting Rob’s presentation online and making it available free.
Mark,
this was a great find.
thanks
Murray