For a little perspective on where we are right now, let’s take a look at this picture. It’s from the cover of a magazine that was published in 1925 called Radio Broadcast … “Who is to pay for broadcasting and how?” Sound familiar? Well, we worked it out somehow and we’ll work it out somehow with the Internet.
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: ”For a little perspective on where we are right now, let’s take a look at this picture. It’s from the cover of a magazine that was published in 1925 called Radio Broadcast. It’s a very interesting thing to study. First, the topics being discussed, ‘A Good Four-Tube Receiver.’ How many people listening to the radio today have any knowledge or interest at all in what is going on inside it? They don’t care. And that’s how the Internet should be and will be … And then finally, the million-dollar question: ‘Who is to pay for broadcasting and how?’ Sound familiar? Well, we worked it out somehow and we’ll work it out somehow with the Internet.”
Date of prediction: November 5, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Cost/Pricing
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