By Jakob Nielsen on August 22, 1998
Most current media formats will die and be replaced with an integrated Web medium in five to ten years.
–from article..
Legacy media cannot survive because the current media landscape is an artifact of the underlying hardware technology.
Whenever the user experience is dictated by hardware limitations, it is a sure bet that something better will come along once these limitations are lifted.
Source: The End of Legacy Media (Newspapers, Magazines, Books, TV Networks)
Editor’s Note: Predictions and article from 1998.. how did he do?
See Also:
- https://open.lib.umn.edu/mediaandculture/chapter/9-1-the-evolution-of-television/ – The Evolution of Television
- https://open.lib.umn.edu/communication/chapter/15-1-technological-advances-from-the-printing-press-to-the-iphone/ – Technological Advances: From the Printing Press to the iPhone