May 2, 2013

Who Will Live Longer – The New York Times or Twitter?

Who will last longer -- Twitter or The New York Times?

Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook made waves with his pronouncement that Twitter employees have at least a decade of job security while the venerable Grey Lady “is not guaranteed a future in the digital age.”

Thiel did not make a judgment call as to whether world-class reporting or 140-character micro-blogging is ultimately more beneficial to society, but that’s not the point.

Who will live and who will die?

What do you think?

Who will last longer — Twitter or The New York Times?

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