Egypt experiencing a 'seismic media evolution'

Posted by Leah McBride Mensching on January 21, 2010 at 12:06 PM
Much of the transformation in the newspaper industry is led by the big western players: The New York Times has announced it will charge for content, The Guardian has launched a paid news app for the iPhone, and the Apple tablet is eagerly anticipated.

But these changes affect other parts of the world, as the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram reminds us. "In Egypt, we are also experiencing a seismic media evolution," Tarek Attia writes, in a considered op-ed on the state of the newspaper industry in Egypt and the future of media.

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