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April 25, 2024

"When's It Not Going to Be Cardboard, Roger"

That’s what Tony Ridder, then new CEO of Knight Ridder asked tablet visionary Roger Fidler in the early ’90s. Fidler’s vision, well-captured in Knight Ridder vet Brian Monroe’s post: People have also read vertically since papyrus and they will evenutally and digitally again. Timing is everything.