So what do we think about Rupert Murdoch's new Ipad newspaper, The Daily (lire aussi en p. 24)? Certainly, we shouldn't underestimate the media mogul's role as a pioneer: in the 1980s, he was the first to dismantle the Victorian printing presses of Fleet Street, taking his newspapers to Docklands and changing London's press landscape forever.
But if magazine trends are anything to go by, Murdoch is unlikely to sell as many apps as he does newspapers: in the UK alone, the combined sales figure of The Times and The Sun is over three million – every day. And Murdoch also owns papers in Australia and the US. Newspaper sales may be declining, but plenty of people still buy them.
You know my position already. Every morning, I leave my apartment and walk down to the newspaper kiosk at the end of the street, where I buy a crisp new copy of The International Herald Tribune. This also enables me to exchange a few words with Patrick, the kiosquier. Since I moved to Clichy a couple of months ago, Patrick has become a veritable information hub. He always knows a good restaurant or a good joke. And if he doesn't, one of the people who hang around his kiosk chatting with him will oblige. Patrick is the kind of character who turns a neighbourhood into a community. The Daily is an important move for News Corp, but, for me, there's more to buying a newspaper than thumbing a screen.
