Francis Matthew at gulfnews.com, a UAE newspaper, wrote a thoughtful piece about trends shaping our global future. UAE has one of the highest mobile and wireless penetration in the world. Media companies are looking at issues we’ll eventually see in the US. 

Matthew has a smart take on the role of newspapers in a digital world: Rather than supplant the newspapers, the digital rush to immediacy has strengthened newspapers’ role, which is to give more detailed and reasoned reporting, make sure the stories include more explanation and context than the breaking news can do.

The basic idea is that newspapers can come in later in the story and provide more expert analysis that is usually seen with more digital news coverage.