“As Betabeat tapped notes on an iPad, Mr. Black leaned back on a gray sofa and crossed his legs, a bemused expression on his face. “I got one the first week, but I don’t use it much anymore,” he said of Apple’s tablet. His voice bore traces of his West Texas upbringing. He wore stylish glasses and a light tan from his recent trip to Austin.“I am flabbergasted by how many people went out and bought an iPad,” he added, “and even more so how the publishing industry thought it was some kind of magic pony that would save them.”

Magazine Icon Roger Black: The iPad is Not a Magic Pony | Betabeat

This is fascinating, because it was only nine months ago that I was contacted by a group claiming to be working with Roger Black who wanted to create a whole series of tablet (iPad, really)-based magazines. 

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