UPDATE: According to Hearst, the Crosscut report is wrong.
Crosscut, the recently launched Pacific northwest news site, is reporting that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer will be launching an e-paper trial “sometime within the next two years.”
The electronic P-I will carry real-time news, same as the Internet, not yesterday’s news like traditional papers. Readers will turn the e-paper’s pages by touching the flexible screen. And when those readers head off to work, they will roll up the electronic P-I and stuff it in their pocket, purse, or briefcase.
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Hearst officials say they hope to begin testing their device with the P-I here and at some other sites where the company has media operations within two years. While the display technology originally was developed to deliver print news, Hearst officials told Crosscut it could also become a flexible, low-cost platform for delivering video or standard Web content. Hearst owns a dozen newspapers, including the P-I, but also 29 television stations, 19 magazines, and numerous Web sites.
Interesting.
TAGS: NEWSPAPERS, E-PAPER, SEATTLE
