Five years from now...

[JackRiddler]

The remaining major print newspapers in the United States will be the Miami Herald, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, two papers in Boston (one of which will probably be called "The New York Times-Boston Edition"), the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, the New York Post (unless Murdoch himself goes under, which we can hope) and the top dozen regional papers who can justify their projected profit profiles to "corporate," of which at least one will be in San Francisco and others in Phoenix and Texas. In New York, one of either Newsday or Daily News may survive. The Village Voice will consist of a single article plus the film section, appended to erotic classifieds. It will be one of ninety such indistinguishable sheets offered in the nation's street boxes.

Internet speech will be subject to greater restrictions, but with more opportunities to earn for those who stay on writing. The competition among different perspectives in the latter will surprise most everyone.

People will be watching as much TV as ever, but 35 to 41 percent of it on computers or cell phones and such, often with mail and social-software messages beaming in the margins.



Guesses. Yours?

[JackRiddler]

1. bump

[arcadian]

2. After Obama's reelection DUers will be hard at work trying to get the 22nd Amendment repealed.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. Obama will be in his 2nd term. The economy will be booming

[arcadian]

4. I hear his second term is when he plans on walking on water.

So, we really must reelect him! :bounce:

[JackRiddler]

5. So who would you take? Howard Dean?

;)

[proteus_lives]

6. Five years from now?

Zombie Apocalypse?

War against the machines?

Alien invasion?

Hmmm.

[Hannah Bell]

7. weimar II

[JackRiddler]

8. bump