JD Lasica mines the hot discussion last month on the Online News List and writes up an article on digital editions. Most newspapers see the digital/electronoic/PDF editions as an added circulation tool, not necessarily a revenue area. The true promise of digital editions lies a few years down the road, particularly if tablet PCs take off in a big way…Further out this decade, the long-awaited rollout of electronic paper ?- sheets thin as three human hairs and powered by batteries — also bodes well for digital editions. Both tablets and e-paper offer the prospect of rich interactive audio, video and advertising on screen, especially as broadband becomes more pervasive.
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