Koos Bekker says death of newspapers is inevitable

Naspers chairman Koos Bekker

Naspers chairman Koos Bekker said the decline of newspapers marks the inexorable advance of technology.

Naspers chairman Koos Bekker said the decline and death of newspapers in print form is inevitable and marks the inexorable advance of technology.

Writing on Sunday in City Press – a Naspers-owned title whose print edition is earmarked for closure – Bekker said that over centuries, the media journalists and publishers have used to disseminate information has changed dramatically.

“Within a few years, no economy the size of South Africa’s will have any daily newspaper being sold on the street,” he predicted.

By Duncan McLeod.

Full story at Tech Central.