For some time now it's been evident that the electronic reader offers a significant alternative --- potentially --- to the newspaper. The world's largest press baron now says it will be so.
Rupert Murdoch says it may take 20 years, but the days of printing plants, pressmen and the distribution arm of papers will vanish. The e-reader will supplant the need for that laborious production.
Murdoch's company hasn't been a major player inside the e-reader business to date, but his remarks in Financial Times indicate he's got his eyes on it.