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Article: Newspaper executive praises technology: Daily Mail owner says technology may save industry

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DAILY MAIL STAFF

Newspapers face an increasingly uncertain future, but that uncertainty contains opportunities, the chairman of the Newspaper Association of America told members of the West Virginia Press Association today.

Speaking in Canaan Valley at the state organization's annual gathering, William Dean Singleton's message was that the technology some pundits believe will kill the newspaper industry actually could be its salvation.

"The sooner we see ourselves as a technology industry, the sooner we start acting like one, the brighter our future will be," Singleton said.

The vice chairman and chief executive officer of MediaNews Group Inc., which owns the Charleston Daily Mail, ...

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