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  • 1922: Radio Will Kill The Newspaper Star

    1922: Radio Will Kill The Newspaper Star

    Each generation seems to think that it’s the first to imagine radical change in the newspaper industry. The predictions of futuristic robot editors? They date back to at least 1968. Tablet news? At least 1994. Printing the news by radio right in your home? 1934.


  • The 1920s Tabloid Reporter Who Predicted TV Could Kill Newspapers

    The 1920s Tabloid Reporter Who Predicted TV Could Kill Newspapers

    “What for example could be staler than to-morrow morning’s newspaper account of a prize-fight or political convention one has already received over the radio?” wrote one commentator in 1928. Radio was overtaking print as the news medium of the day and some people insisted that newspapers were going to disappear completely. And with that, “serious”…


  • LED Holders Upgrade Newspapers With The Latest Headlines

    LED Holders Upgrade Newspapers With The Latest Headlines

    If you’ve ever read the newspaper in a library or a cafe, you’ve probably used those long wooden holders that help make them slightly easier to wrangle without tearing the pages and impossible to pilfer. But an ad agency in Switzerland found a way to make them even more useful with invisible LED news tickers…


  • How To Send A Photo Around The World In 1926

    How To Send A Photo Around The World In 1926

    Today, we take for granted the ability to send photos halfway around the world in an instant. (Which is probably why that popular smartphone photograph service is called Instant-Gram™.) But a century ago, getting a photograph across an ocean was a much more involved process than simply snapping a mirror selfie and publishing it to…