The Internet & the future of news

By any measure, the growth of theInternet over the last decade has beenastounding. It took the telephone seventy-five years to reach fifty million users;it took television thirteen years. It tookthe Web just five. In a few short decades,the Internet has gone from anobscure technological novelty to somethingas basic and essential to our livesas electricity. It now connects nearly aquarter of the total world population,having succeeded in reaching the fartheststretches of the globe where simplernecessities, such as clean runningwater, have not. By 2013, there will be2.2 billion Internet users worldwide,and the technological trends we are seeingtoday–rapid-fire growth in broadband,wireless, and video on the Internet–foreshadow an accelerated pace ofinnovation and breadth of impact thatwill be felt for generations to come