Not Comics: USA Today Starts Reorganization Towards Mobile Content

It's hard to judge which news story concerning re-organization type initiatives are actual news and which ones received too much emphasis due to the current financial difficulties facing that industry. Reading this one felt like being punched in the comic by a pre-teen, as opposed to being punched by an adult or a robot from the future, so I'm going to mention it here. Apparently, USA Today is in the first stages of a massive reorganization that will orient what it does away from a print paper -- or even its equivalency on-line -- and towards the production of news content for mobile device. This will institute not just layoffs but a restructuring of how they do things editorially, moving away from the current sectioned-paper approach. I lack any perspective on where USA Today stands in the overall landscape of things -- I can remember a survey from 1985, but I hope to God those truths no longer apply -- to the extent I'd feel comfortable making a broader statement, an industry statement, but as far as the history of that publication, it sounds potentially huge. I'm also a fan of the Life section editor heading up the new editorial operation, because it's hilariously what every grumpy old man and newspaper lover would predict.
 
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