The iPod of the Newspaper Business?

This story in the New York Times turns the spotlight on a handful of newspapers who are beginning to experiment with e-paper or e-readers – handheld devices embedded with digtal ink – capsules that light up or go dark when electrically charged.

De Tijd, a Belgian financial newspaper, has begun a test of the technology, while the New York Times and The International Herald Tribune have also opened discussions. The handheld device readers, such as the iLiad E-reader and a forthcoming reader from Sony, are still too expensive (around $400), but they do allow you to download books and podcasts.

These e-readers are a direct threat to a company like Austin’s NewsStand, who offers web-based or application-based methods of reading digital versions of newspapers and magazines.

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Published:: 4.28.06 / 1pm

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sarah 4.28.06 / 4pm

i am loving the new design/color scheme!

i am also curious to see what an e-reader looks like now that the screen is supposed to look more tactile and paper-like. i think i’d be likely to read a newspaper on an e-reader (if they were less expensive, of course) but you know how i feel about my magazines

Jeff Beckham’s Weblog » More on Newspapers’ Digital Editions 5.1.06 / 1pm

[...] In a move that seems like a wrong-headed extension of the one in the previous post, the New York Times and Microsoft are teaming up to allow readers to download an electronic version of the newspaper and view it on a portable device. The benefit, they claim, is that the software “would allow The Times to replicate its look — fonts, typeface and layout — more closely than its Web site now does.” [...]

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