Frank uses a giant 1880s Hoe rotary flatbed press—the machine that revolutionized the printing industry—as a jumping-off point to talk about how newspapers are getting out of their own printing. As newspaper circulation has gone down, newspapers can’t afford their own production, so newspaper printing—and often of rival newspapers—is being consolidated in a single production facility.
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Discussion
By Jim Hamilton on Oct 09, 2020
Frank, loved the video, particularly the anecdote about Rupert Murdoch, but what's with the white gloves? You are holding two printouts from a desktop printer. Are these worthy of such protection?
By Frank Romano on Oct 09, 2020
I had been handling some archival material and forgot they were still on. Or do my Mickey Mouse impression.