This YouTube video is a news story from 1981 about newspapers starting to publish content via computers. Today in 2009 the prophecy in the story of a newspaper salesmen on the street going out of business is coming true. It is common these days to hear of papers filing for bankruptcy because people are no longer getting their news from printed paper.

What does this mean for business owners?

It means that people are getting used to getting their information via their home computer. It means that blogs are becoming an everyday tool used by more and more people, not just geeks and computer gurus. It means that if your spending money on print media your audience is shrinking and your getting left out of the conversation.

Enjoy the video: