Is the programming that’s going to be on the Internet interesting enough, motivating enough, enlightening enough that people are going to want to tune in and use it? That’s purely a content issue.
Predictor: McCarthy, Ken
Prediction, in context:Ken McCarthy, founding publisher of the Internet Gazette, delivered a speech titled “Why the Web and Why Now” Nov. 5, 1994, to an audience of publishers, advertisers and multi-media producers in San Francisco. McCarthy says: ”What’s going to determine whether the Internet succeeds or not are not technical issues, it’s going to be content issues. Is the programming that’s going to be on the Internet interesting enough, motivating enough, enlightening enough that people are going to want to tune in and use it? That’s purely a content issue.”
Date of prediction: November 5, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: kenmccarthy.com
Title, headline, chapter name: Why the Web and Why NOW!
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://kenmccarthy.com/archive/ig1.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry