A Window in Time

Cold comfort to the newspaper industry in the US. But TPM Reader RC passes on this article that notes that print media in India is experiencing a boom of historic proportions. Once it is explained, this artifact of globalization isn’t that surprising — literacy is growing rapidly on the subcontinent, creating a mass market for magazines and newspapers, along with money to buy them. But infrastructure and wealth isn’t nearly as far along as in the US and Europe so Internet access isn’t nearly as widespread.