Eric Schmidt has seen the future of magazines, and it's on the tablet. Schmidt may envision a future for magazines, but he doesn't see much of one for long-form content. He believes attention spans are getting shorter and shorter. "I don't think we'll go back to books," he said. "There's a tremendous amount of reading, but more ADD type of reading."
Google's Chairman is not the first one to make the connexion between the future of publishing and tablets and we can wonder where we are on this trend.
While the media have been quick to see the tablets save them, it was were not even mentioned as a posible usage in Steve Jobs' iPad keynote launch. And today, we keep seeing reports of disappointment on this category.
Long time to cross the chasm?