• The Atlantic, Wednesday, January 7, 2009 9:32 AM

It is entirely plausible that the old media will die more quickly than people expect. At some point soon, for example, the print edition of The New York Times, and with it the newspaper as we know it, will likely no longer exist.

What would a post-print Times look like? Forced to make a Web-based strategy profitable, a reconstructed NYT Web site could start mixing original coverage with Times-endorsed reporting from other outlets via aggregation.

Remaining NYT reporters could use their considerable savvy to mix their own reporting with others, giving us a more integrative, real-time view of the world. Times readers might actually end up getting more exposure to areas and issues that are difficult to cover in a general-interest publication.

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