And we will see some newspapers go fully digital as collateral damamge to this change.

Now, that\’s not to say that a cable media mogul couldn\’t buy Newsweek or Time magazine. But as far as newspapers and TVs go, Uncle Sam didn\’t want one company controlling all of the news and information in a single community/region.

Is it antiquated? Sort of, but probably not completely. We complain about the media enough. In todays word of corporate consolidation can you imagine if CNN or Fox controlled 80% of the countries news and information? Reform might be needed to keep up with the times, but abolishing the rules is a risky proposition. Some LIGHT regulation is arguably needed.

Keep pushin the limits!
Brad

Totally agree about the need for a name other than \”blog\”. Some news organizations are trying to take on more of a grassroots feel. It\’s an odd way to go, though – those organizations are giving up their main differentiation from all the other stories I could read. If Brokaw is just blogging, it sounds like he\’s doing no more research than John Doe.

1. Newspaper columnists/reports with \”blogs\” on newspaper websites — Man, do I agree. It doesn\’t even qualify as a \”pet\” peeve for me — it\’s a \”full-on\” peeve. Generally, it\’s the same boring \”my thoughts\” column that runs in the newspaper every day — yet it\’s branded as a \”blog\” because newspaper websites are playing catch-up and think that users will read it if it\’s called a blog.

2. Good questions from sports media to athletes — I don\’t think we hear many for a couple reasons:
a) local/national sports media talent wants to be liked by the athlete, perhaps out of a fantasy of being the athlete\’s local \”regular Joe (or Jane)\” buddy when around-the-way
b) while the athlete-turned-sportscaster is nothing new, again I think that former athletes hated when media asked them tough questions. And now they want their former teammates/opponents to feel at ease when being \”interviewed\” so it\’s always an easy \”get.\”

Might argue the web has made this worse as everyone feels pressure to file immediately, but it\’s a poor excuse.

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Pierre Coupet
CEO & Chief Virtual Organization
Management Consultant