Does The Internet Economy Need a Voice Again?

No, thank you very much. That internet economy voice, which born-again now-online-only pubs like RedHerring and The Industry Standard have been trying to revive, is a futile effort…their time has come and gone. Now is the time for smaller, more nimble niche publications…

Why am I writing about this now? I saw this story in Mercury News today, and also read this short piece by Om Malik on Gadget magazine bubble.

One thing really tickled me: Matt McAlister, VP an InfoWorld and the guy behind The Standard revival effort, says this: “There is a buzz in the market and no one is really dedicated to telling the story about what is happening on the Internet.” No one is dedicated because it does not make sense anymore: Internet is not one monolithic entity anymore…

Both of these point to one thing: the internet/connected economy voice is not these revival attempts, but aggregation/analysis sites like mine, Gizmodo, and most important aggregation efforts of all: the RSS newsreaders which allow users to put together their own voice, and whatever voice they want to hear. So wake up, and smell the feed…

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