Trains and Planes. Mini’s and PCs. Monks and Guttenberg. Horses and Fords. Radio and TV.

So why do newspapers think they should be different? If they don’t change they will become irrelevant. In their financial panic along with their “holier than though” lens and energized by the mission of journalism, newspapers are making stupid decisions, one after another.

Now they want to charge the net users for reading stories. The AP is even launching a program to scour the net for illegal use of their content. It’s their right, but towards what goal? For the record, users traditionally have never paid for stories.

The closest most users/readers come to paying is paying for the delivery of the paper to their home, just like they pay for Internet connections to gain access to the near infinite volumes of content.

Perhaps we should send a copy of the book: “Who moved my cheese?{ to Rupert Murdock et al.