BusinessWeek on open-source media
Considering it's an introductory piece about the media economics of blogging, this article by Jane Black isn't half bad. And, finally, a quote about blogging that I'm not embarrassed by. Blogging is made easy by low-cost, easy-to-use technology that lets anyone -- not just geeks -- be a publisher. And instant, worldwide distribution lets talent shine through. "Blogs are Web media reborn," declares Nick Denton, who authors his own, www.nickdenton.org and has launched two for-profit blogs -- gizmodo.com, which is aimed at wealthy gadget lovers, and gawker.com, a salacious run-down on New York media. "After the boom, Web media got a bad name," Denton notes. "So we gave it a new one."The Wild World of "Open-Source Media" [BusinessWeek]
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