Staff writer
KOBE -- Editors and publishers attending the 51st World Newspaper Congress here have heard lectures warning of the threat the Internet poses to the future of newspapers. But on Tuesday, one of the world's leading publishers struck back at critics, saying their predications are completely wrong.
Speaking on the second day of the conference, Lachlan Murdoch, executive chairman of News Limited, Australia and son of famed publisher Rupert Murdoch, acknowledged that newspaper companies must adapt to the future. But he began by defending the importance of the traditional newspaper.