generally acknowledged as the engine of this transition. Technology need not and should not lead to the death of either the newspaper industry nor of individual newspapers. The way in which technological innovation is addressed within an industry, however, can cause what should have been a boon to become a debacle. Such was almost the case in the British newspaper industry, and such has been the case for several American newspapers.3
A critical factor involving the incorporation of technological innovation into the newspaper industry is the
1David A. Patten, Newspapers and New Media (White Plains, New York: Knowledge Industry Publications, Inc., 1986), 1 17.
2Peter J. S. Dunnett, The World Newspaper Industry (London: Croom Helm Ltd., 1988), 1.
3"Mrs. Thatcher's Winning This One," National Review, 14 March 1986, 17 18; William Glaberson, "Issues of Survival for Declining Union," New York Times, 9 January 1993, 1.
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