Instead of an analog paper printed on paper you may get it on a panel which would be mobile, which will receive the whole newspaper over the air, (and) be updated every hour or two. You’ll be able to get the guts or the main headlines and alerts and everything on your Blackberry, on your Palm or whatever, all day long. All these things are possible. Some of the greatest electronics companies in the world are working on this very hard.
This is a quote from Rupert Murdoch speaking overnight in an interview with the Fox Business Network. He provides more clarity than the News Limited executive interviewd locally for the ABC’s 7.30 report earlier this week.
This quote is important because it clarifies the situation for newsagents on News’ longer term view of a paper product. It also fits with what Murdoch has said previously about how consumers will access information previously accessed on paper.