Why Did the Oldest Paper Took So Long to Revolutionize?

You can’t teach old dogs new tricks. The world’s oldest newspaper which was founded in 1645 only went digital this year — January 1, 2007.
The paper’s chief editor, Hans Holm says: We think it’s a cultural disaster, It is sad when you have worked with it for so long and it has been around for so long.

I would understand his sentimental feeling, but if the world live on sentiments then transition to advancements would become very difficult. In a lot of circumstances — movement from one office location to another, working in another environment, process changes, etc. people initially resist change arguing the need to stay in their old state; but as time goes by, people would begin to realize new challenges and importance of the changes made.
Necessity
A lot of things change in life and it is no longer a question of accepting the change but rather the timing of the change. For the oldest newspaper in the world — Why only change now?
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[tags]Change Management[/tags]