{"id":1285,"date":"2007-05-10T14:55:49","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T18:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/05\/10\/bill-gates-cheers-up-the-newspaper-biz\/"},"modified":"2007-05-10T14:55:49","modified_gmt":"2007-05-10T18:55:49","slug":"bill-gates-cheers-up-the-newspaper-biz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/05\/10\/bill-gates-cheers-up-the-newspaper-biz\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates cheers up the newspaper biz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> Some kind words from the gazillionaire Microsoft founder about <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com\/microsoft\/archives\/115076.asp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">where he sees<\/a> the printed word going in the future. <\/div>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"margin:12px 0;font-family:arial;color:#333333;background:#ffffff;border:solid 4px #cccccc;width:100%;clear:left;\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"CM_CTB_Content_Wrap\" style=\"margin:0;padding:0;background-color:#ffffff;\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-bottom:solid 1px #dcdcdc;white-space:nowrap;margin-bottom:8px;background-color:#eeeeee;background-image:url('http:\/\/clipmarks.com\/images\/source-bg.gif');background-repeat:repeat-x;height:24px;line-height:24px;vertical-align:middle;padding-bottom:4px;color:#666666;font-size:10px;\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clipmarks.com\/clip-to-blog\/\" title=\"clipmarks' clip-to-blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.clipmarks.com\/blog_icon\/fccba80c-2e72-43a6-ba46-afd8d28a9a3c\/1B8EE9D3-F620-4F58-8294-221522F67DE2\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" border=\"0\" style=\"vertical-align:middle;margin:0 4px;display:inline;border:none;float:none;\" \/><\/a>clipped from <a title=\"http:\/\/blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com\/microsoft\/archives\/115076.asp\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com\/microsoft\/archives\/115076.asp\" style=\"font-size:11px;\">blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;padding:0 8px;margin:4px 0 8px;background:transparent;border:none;\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><!-- CLIPPED FROM: http:\/\/blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com\/microsoft\/archives\/115076.asp -->I have a lot of friends in the newspaper industry, and of course, this is a tough, wrenching change for them, because the number of people who actually buy, subscribe to the newspaper and read it has started an inexorable decline. 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