Tribune's e-book attempts
More American-made e-book reading devices may yet emerge, Japan Media Review reports:
Media company Tribune Co., publisher of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, is currently working with Kent State University's Institute for CyberInformation on developing a suitable e-newspaper format for tablet-based services. The Los Angeles Times developed a prototype service in conjunction with Kent State before shelving it last year. The newspaper decided the e-book device developed by the university would be too expensive for both consumers and the newspaper."At the time it seemed the market for tablets would get greater consumer penetration, but the device was too huge and expensive," said Joe Russin, assistant managing editor of multimedia at the Times. The paper had committed five employees, from copy editors to Web designers, to creating investigative content and the e-format for the prototype. "It required too much manpower," Russin said. "We shouldn't be worried about the mechanical platform, as our business is having the information available and ready."
That doesn't mean, however, that another publishing company has given up on the e-book format. Pending an improvement in Tribune Co.'s financial performance, the newspaper plans on restarting the project later this year, while Kent State continues to develop the e-newspaper format, Russin said.
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