Relevant commentary, which I think cuts through much of the nonsense about the future of hard copy news:<p><i>When the Tribune Company recently got rid of their newspapers, the New York Times ran the story under a headline “The Tribune Company’s publishing unit is being spun off, as the future of print remains unclear.”<p>The future of print remains what? Try to imagine a world where the future of print is unclear: Maybe 25 year olds will start demanding news from yesterday, delivered in an unshareable format once a day. Perhaps advertisers will decide “Click to buy” is for wimps. Mobile phones: could be a fad. After all, anything could happen with print. Hard to tell, really.<p>Meanwhile, back in the treasurer’s office, have a look at this chart. Do you see anything unclear about the trend line?</i><p>&lt;Graph showing newspaper ad revenue dropping from &gt;$60 billion in 2000 to &lt;$20 billion in 2010. Click link below to see it.&gt;<p>- Clay Shirky, &quot;Last Call&quot;, 19 Aug 2014<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@cshirky&#x2F;last-call-c682f6471c70" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@cshirky&#x2F;last-call-c682f6471c70</a>