Listen to this MySpace rant:
"Already, online is eating into newspaper revenues, right? In response to that, newspapers all over the globe are sacking reporters. Which will impact their quality at a time when their under the greatest competitive threat of their existence. Which means less readers, less revenue, less reporters, less quality and so on the cycle goes.
Meanwhile at the Edge, microeconomics are building steam. Micropublishers are being armed with better, cheaper tools that enable them to build sites not dissimilar to the big boys. Sacked journalists are hitting out on their own and breaking the news on blogs. Blogs are being used to post classifieds, job vacancies, and so on. And the only real thread that's running through it all is that NOBODY'S making any real money!"
He's right. I'm worried too! Despite all the excitement of this digital era, it's a frightening time for writers. For extra credit, compare Sim on Myspace with Chartreuse on MySpace. Both these media experts have initiated big conversations with dramatic posts about the whole "Web 2.0" business. They could have one heck of a wrestling match.
» Two British Manifestos and a Disclaimer from ThePublishingSpot
Thanks to my friend Dan Bell, I just read this bold article over at journalism.co.uk. Seems like English journalists are having the same revolutionary crisis as all of us living in the country of New York City:"The web often provides... [Read More]
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