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Interviewer What about Facebook? Marco
It’s different. I have a Facebook account mainly for contact with family and friends. I don’t use it that much – a couple of times a week. I post updates and photos so they can see what I’ve been up to, and I check out their Facebook pages to see what they’ve been doing. Facebook’s a great way of keeping in touch with people. A lot of my friends use it for arranging their social life, but I don’t. I prefer to text people so I’m not on Facebook too much and don’t get distracted by all the posts in my newsfeed.
11.2 Interviewer There’s a lot of gloom about the future for print newspapers. What do you think will happen to them?
Dr Chung
A lot of the smaller national newspapers definitely won’t survive. You can see it already. As more and more people are going online for their news, many are struggling to make a profit and some big names like the Independent have already ended print production.
Interviewer What about the famous news brands like The Wall Street Journal and The Times. Will they still be around in ten years?
Dr Chung
I think so. News organizations like The Times already have successful news sites, and they’ll probably continue to print newspapers too, but they may look very different.
Interviewer In what way? Dr Chung
They’re likely to be much smaller and have longer in-depth articles.
Interviewer But won’t their websites do in-depth articles? Dr Chung
I doubt it. Readers want short news stories on the web that they can read on a small screen – on a tablet or on a mobile. If readers want in-depth articles, it’s much easier to read in print. And that won’t change.
Interviewer So do you think the newspapers will look more like magazines in the future?
Dr Chung
I think so. They will certainly have the same high-quality photographs as a magazine and in-depth reports and stories, but they might come out weekly.
Interviewer Ah! So quite different. How will online news sites make their money?
Dr Chung Mainly by subscription. Famous brands like the Financial Times have already introduced pay subscriptions. I think others are bound to do the same.
Interviewer I’m surprised! Do you think people will be willing to pay for their news?
Dr Chung
Initially, maybe not. Many people are reluctant to pay for news online, but that’s sure to change in the future. There’s so much information and
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news on the internet – some of it good, some of it bad, and a lot of it inaccurate – and people are feeling very confused. In the end, I think readers will be happy to pay a subscription to a well-known news brand that researches and checks its stories and employs quality journalists. If newspapers have an international focus and can get the business model right, I think they have a bright future.
11.3 a A lot of the smaller national newspapers definitely won’t survive.
b News organizations like The Times already have successful news sites, and they’ll probably continue to print newspapers, too, but they may look very different.
c They’re likely to be much smaller and have longer in-depth articles.
d They will certainly have the same high-quality photographs as a magazine and in-depth reports and stories, but they might come out weekly.
e I think others are bound to do the same. f Many people are reluctant to pay for news online, but that’s sure to change in the future.
Unit 12
12.1 Samir Hello, it’s Samir Hussain from The Globe. Could I speak to Dr Davis, please? It’s about a telephone interview he’s agreed to do and I’m just firming up a time to call.
James
I’m afraid Dr Davis isn’t here. He’s at a conference and he’s left strict instructions that he doesn’t want to be disturbed.
Samir Ah! Right. Could you tell me when he’ll be back in the office?
James Not till Wednesday morning. It’s his first day back so I expect he’ll be very busy. Maybe you could phone on Thursday?
Samir
Thursday. That’s a bit late. Do you know if there’s anyone else I could interview – maybe his deputy?
James No, unfortunately, that won’t work. She’s at the conference, too.
Samir Right. That’s tricky. The problem is we’re going to print on Friday and I’d really like to include Dr Davis’ comments. I emailed him the interview questions yesterday. Have you any idea if he received them?
James
Just a minute, I can check. Yes, I think so. He’s certainly picked up your mail.
Samir Good. Well, I wonder if you could ask him to email the answers. And then if anything’s not clear, I can call him late Wednesday. It would only take a few minutes.
James OK. I can certainly ask him to do that.
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