Media Critic Michael Wolff Promotes His New Book

New York Times Magazine: In his new book, “Television Is the New Television,” Michael Wolff is very bullish about the enduring power of TV. Does any of his optimism extend to print media? “It could,” Wolff said. “I mean, everybody in print media says that digital is the future. I think that if those mooks are saying, ‘Digital is the future,’ that would be a fairly strong indication that digital is probably not the future. … There’s a real interesting contrast between the television industry and the print industry. Print thought, Oh, we’re screwed, and we better just capitulate. Television was pretty well prepared for this. These guys came along and said, ‘We’re going to eat your lunch,’ and television said, ‘Hmm — try.’ They sued everybody into oblivion. Television never let anyone have anything for free.”