2 responses to “Nationals influence growing despite circulation falls?”
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Great point Antony. Your last paragraph is particularly interesting. Indeed, the mainstream media is still in control but I can’t help thinking (and I could be wrong)that they’re aren’t the domineering force they once were.
Their online influence is huge but they’re still struggling to find a decent business model and since the introduction of blogs we’re seeing micro news sources, which collectively, can be a pretty powerful force.
But you’re right – big news stories aren’t broke by bloggers but by the major news outlets, and for now, tech news is by far the most covered topic over the blogosphere.
I wonder if regular news becomes as predominant among bloggers as what tech news is now? Similar to a comment you made in one of your posts on a BBC News/Digg mashup. That would be interesting!
BTW I sent you an invite to the beta testing of newsvine (www.newsvine.com). Similar to your idea but with AP stories instead. Did you get it? If not I can send you another one over?
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I think that non-tech news will become more prevalent, for sure. The fascination of tech news services like Digg is that we’re seeing people playing with the new models of media distribution, aggregation etc. I’m sure some will survive and enter the mainstream.
Cheers, Stephen. I signed up for Newsvine a while back but I haven’t been back to it much. How do you rate it – worth spending some time on?
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