Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, speaking to the Washington Post, thinks there’ll be

“no media consumption left in 10 years that is not delivered over an IP network.”

he went on to say this specifically means:

“no newspapers, no magazines that are delivered in paper form. Everything gets delivered in an electronic form.”

You can watch the whole interview over at the Washington Post

I don’t agree with him, buy the way. Newspapers are certainly declining fast and the business model for any printed product including books will have to evolve. But the printed product won’t disappear, it just may be very different from today. In segmentation, size, content, distribution method and frequency of publication amongst others.