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[Kim Holburn]

On 2010/Mar/30, at 10:26 AM, Ivan Trundle wrote:
> On 29/03/2010, at 9:48 PM, David Goldstein wrote:
>
>> And he's not interested in people like you viewing his websites  
>> since you view only one page and then disappear. So media outlets,  
>> not just News, want more committed viewers.
>
> There goes the future of the media, in a nutshell.
>
> What media outlets want - and what they end up getting - will be  
> interesting to watch. The term 'commitment' and 'internet' just  
> don't sit well together.

It's interesting that this is such a close parallel to the issue the  
music industry had with albums.  They wanted (still want) to go on  
selling albums but the internet has allowed people to buy single  
songs.  Newspapers are now looking down the barrel of the same slow  
motion car crash that has enveloped the music industry.  (To mix a few  
metaphors).


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