European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Or of recorded messages from lasers. Users Call the main Quot talking Ember then punch in the four digit Bon for any of More than 50. Fisers whose numbers Are. ,. Shed daily in the paper. A caller. Pm to find a local late hours Iacy could Call the pharmacy or listed in the paper listen to the. Tacy s and then punch in his zip Lor the address of the nearest. _ outlet. Atlanta papers also have various is available live for callers. During Ison callers could speak directly Oun Tants and financial planners newspapers Are making a profit fiotes so far a Atlanta Hopes to even within the next year a but papers see the service As a Means cling information they already ind an Opportunity  extra. A is to their increasingly elusive. Irs and advertisers. Be risers a beset by. Mergers and a Economy and enticed by television continued  16 i in the future news but not on paper by David Shaw los Angeles times t Wenty years from now. Give or take a decade you May go your news each Quot a morning from a fancy machine a multimedia Home information appliance with a dazzling array of personalized interactive features All of which will be As easy to use As opening a a newspaper and none of which will leave Ink on your hands. A this device one scientist Calls it a Quot know both a knowledge robot a will probably be a hybrid of sophisticated television set with a Large Flat screen. And High Resolution picture and a High powered computer probably without a keyboard because you la operate it by touching the screen or talking directly to it. A a a a. A. A. A. A the know Bot will also Combine elements of an advanced fax machine videocassette recorder and High Speed Printer All fed by a fiber optic Cable that will provide two Way communication and enable you to receive several Hundred. A a a channels of information. A a a a a a a a a a a i entertainment and in House. Shopping. A. A a a a a a. A. Does All this mean the end. Of the daily newspaper a As we be known it in this country for More than 200 years Quot. \ yes.  a a a a a and no. A a a a a a a. A a a a. A a a a a. -. A a a a most experts in communications technology agree that some form of printed newspaper will. Survive Well into the next Century but the traditional newspaper a Ink Ompa per delivered to your Home. Or to a news rack a will evolve Over several a a a. A decades the experts say into a multifaceted information source incorporating new technologies. And old. Functions. A i. U a newspapers wire services and broadcast networks will continue to be the primary gatherers of news for the , but some time in the next couple of decades the newspaper probably will be delivered electronically to your Home where you. Can print Al or part of it yourself a. Quot people that proclaim the death of the newspaper. Prematurely Are going to be surprised Quot says David Bohr mag executive producer of the Abc news v interactive multimedia project. Quot there s something very comfortable about having something to . The conventional newspaper is familiar foldable lightweight fully portable no batteries necessary cheap enough to lose or misplace without concern. Ideal for wrapping garbage and possessed of an element of serendipity that has so far eluded. A creators of electronic newspaper prototypes. A. A a newspaper does a really Good Job of giving you a lot of information Quot says Walter Bender director of electronic publishing for. The Media lab at the Massachusetts Institute of technology. Although readers May be interested in Only a Small. Percentage of that information Quot ils easy to get at. That part a Bender says. A v h but one of the primary advantages of the a newspaper of the future will be its individualization a you wiil receive Only that Quot Small percentage of the. A daily news that interests you if that s what you want and that news will be accompanied by other no news information also especially selected for you. The information appliance that will provide news in the future is Likely to be programmed by you to \ recognize and service individual interests. A your electronic newspaper May give prominent. Attention to a Story on a banking scandal in Tokyo or next generation of communications technology. May leave not a global Village but a global vacuum. An earthquake in Guatemala it May have a Page 1 Story on a  in your Hometown talk about. Trends in child care or Fly fishing report on freeway. Construction on your route to work summarize How your.  Market investments Are performing and Tell you where the Best prices Are for tire groceries you need for your new diet. A to find All this information the device constantly would scan and update information from any published or / broadcast source you designate. In time it will respond to verbal instructions allowing you to ask for such details background information maps animated graphics a moving pictures and music. When Iraq invaded Kuwait your information appliance. Might have suggested listening to a taped translation of r one of Saddam Hussein a speeches. With the release. From prison of african National Congress Leader Nelson Mandela it might have suggested Reading for historical perspective the Rev Martin Luther King or s Quot letter a from Birmingham  a a. Because your information appliance will have your daily schedule it will now How much time you have for the a a a a a a a .��,.� news of most immediate interest a a a a a a a a a a a. To you to your tailor made Quot trunk. A a a.  Many of today s Young t v people accustomed to computer and television screens May. Prefer to read the Quot front Page Quot on a their computer screens others. Will want it printed to read Over breakfast. Instead of or in addition to subscribing to a specific. A newspaper a Reader could have an electronic a smorgasbord of a newspaper probably Magazine size in formal thai electronic newspaper might include the a. Weekly science Section from the new York times the daily style Section from the Washington Post restaurant reviews from the los Angelos times tests of new. Automobiles from consumer reports. A. A personalized electronic newspaper sounds Ideal to a those who. Feel burdened by information overload. To them trying to stay Well informed  is like trying to take a sip of Waler from a ruptured fire hydrant. They. Are thrilled by the. Idoa of a newspaper that would filter a  information nol just  present it. But even Many people working to create such a a a newspaper worry about its Long term social consequences. Won t a personalized electronic v newspaper carry primarily Short stones devoid of   essential to a truly informed citizenry a a a Quot a a a  if people read Little news and use their information appliances primarily to keep up with their favorite a a a baseball team order tickets to Rock concerts and watch Quot Hacker knows Best Quot or some other 21st-Century. Quot. Equivalent of the old time situation comedies newspaper readership and voter turnout have both a declined precipitously in recent years might the. Opportunity for personalized cum trivialized Quot news Quot accelerate the trend toward passivity indifference an ignorance or might newspaper readership and voting  exclusively activities for the elite in our society in the years to come a and what of our sense of Community. A almost 25 years ago Marshall Mcluhan spoke of a communications technology that would link everyone across state and National boundaries creating one vast a global Village. But the next generation of communications technology a custom tailored personalized technology Quot May leave Nota global Village but a global vacuum ,. And a global cacophony. A. A the thing that creates a. Society is a certain amount of commonality that can be presupposed As part of a a background across that whole subculture Quot says John continued on Page 16 12, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 15