At The Daily launch today in NYC:
New times require new journalism. Our challenge was to take the best of conventional journalism… and combine it with the best of new technology. Simply put, the iPad demands that we completely reimagine our craft.
There is a growing segment of educated and sophisticated consumers who do not read daily newspapers, but still consume media. This restricts their interests to what has been predefined.
The magic of good newspapers – and good blogs – is a deft editor’s touch.
While I have nothing but distaste for the things Murdoch does in the name of journalism, he’s right about this.