Steve Jobs to join Murdoch on stage to unveil iPad paper
Rupert Murdoch will unveil News Corp.'s much-anticipated iPad newspaper onstage this month with Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, The Cutline has learned.
The two media moguls will appear together at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, according to a source familiar with preparations for the event. The launch date is expected to be Jan. 19, but that may change.
Known as The Daily, Murdoch's iPad publication has been the talk of the media world over the past couple months, and the News Corp. chief has even dubbed it his"No. 1 most exciting project." The hush-hush project has been taking shape at the company's Manhattan headquarters, but it will also have staffers in Los Angeles.
The big question now, I think, once this takes effect and once The Kansas City Star fails, as it apparently is going to, as has been described by local writers on internet blogs, will local reporting and online reporting be able to give us the kind of local reporting on government we need?
I'm afraid I don't feel good about this. I don't see good developments in this.
I think people will be very divided in what we read so we won't have any shared experience or shared information source, so we have something to refer to as we interact with one another in our public discourse, interactions and, yes, even voting.
I believe people will only read--if they read at all--whatever they already believe, things that support the views they already hold and not be exposed to alternative viewpoints.
Who will keep our local representatives and government accountable?
It's not a new idea, certainly, but it's a concern, for sure.
I hope we can be wise citizens. Wise, open-minded and truly informed.
I doubt it but I hope it.
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