You Need To See This Video (1981 TV Report On Birth Of Internet News)
David Cole (S.F. Examiner): "This is an experiment. We’re trying to figure out what it’s going to mean to us, as editors and reporters and what it means to the home user. And we’re not in it to make money, we’re probably not going to lose a lot but we aren’t going to make much either."
KRON reporter #1: "Of the estimated two to three thousand home computer owners in the Bay Area, the Chronicle reports over 500 have responded by sending back coupons."
KRON reporter #1: "This is only the first step in newspapers by computers. Engineers now predict the day will come when we get all our newspapers and magazines by home computer, but that’s a few years off."
KRON reporter #2: "It takes over two hours to receive the entire text of the newspaper over the phone, and with an hourly use charge of five dollars, the new tele-paper will not be much competition for the twenty cent street edition."
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