Long-Form Journalism Is Not "Entirely Dead" and e-Readers May Give Rise to Entirely New Forms, The Economist's Daniel Franklin (video)

Long-Form Journalism Is Not "Entirely Dead" and e-Readers May Give Rise to Entirely New Forms, The Economist's Daniel Franklin (video)
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LONDON -- In August, Josh Tyrangiel, then managing editor of Time.com and now editor of Business Week, told Beet.TV that long-form journalism on the Web is "not working."

He was referring to reading articles in a browser. While the browsers may pose limits, new e-readers like the iPad could spawn entirely new forms of journalism, says Daniel Franklin, Executive Editor of The Economist.

On Friday, I visited the offices of The Economist for this interview.

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This video was originally published on Beet.TV.

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