Newspapers to disappear

報紙將消失

American scholar Philip Meyer predicts that newspaper will come to an end in 2043. Utagawa Reizou, former editor-in-chief of The Mainichi Daily News, believes that the newspaper will be gone in 2030.

美國學者菲利普•邁耶預言，2043年將成為報紙的末日。日本《每日新聞》原總編歌川令三則確信報紙將于2030年消失。

This kind of prediction may worry those in print news business. In the U.K., the circulations of national newspapers are declining. Major Japanese newspapers have gone into debt. In the U.S., declining circulations and ad revenues have forced several newspapers to stop printing paper editions.

這些預言可能使得新聞出版業憂心忡忡。英國國內報紙發行量普遍下滑。日本各大主流報紙債臺高筑。美國的報紙發行總量和廣告收入雙雙下降，多家報紙停止印刷。

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch thinks the future of media relies on interaction through the Internet. In the future, digital newspapers will be sent to portal web terminals through wirelessly. Readers can discuss issues with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.

傳媒大亨默多克認為，未來媒體勢必依靠網絡互動。將來，電子報可以直接通過網絡到達用戶的手持終端上。讀者將與記者和編輯深入交流。信息傳播速度更快捷。