Economist sees print dead in 25 years, Flipboard as rival

381606updated 10:40 pm EDT, Thu April 26, 2012 Economist forecasts wholesale move to digital

Most print publishing will be gone within the next 25 years, The Economist CEO Andrew Rashbass predicted in a presentation on Thursday. Paper magazines were at new highs, and his publication was hoping to keep demand hihg, but he told paidContent and others at Madrid's Paley Center international council that he was realistic about print going away. He was enthusiastic about tablet reading, which gave the company a possible avenue for a business model after years of uncertainty over a pure web version.It

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