http://newmediatheory.net/2009/08/27/93/ McLuhan meets Raymond Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:53:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://newmediatheory.net/2009/08/27/93/#comment-13676 admin Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:22:30 +0000 http://newmediatheory.net/2009/08/27/93/#comment-13676 Yes, I think that is exactly what is happening. It just isn't clear exactly how it will play out - and who the new winners will be. I was amused this weekend to visit Barnes and Noble (I'm usually tucked away safely in Australia, but am in the US just now) and came away with the impression that nearly every book in the place was somehow connected to the NY Times Best Seller List. Evidently it is the new Imprimatur. It brought home to me just how centralized the industrial aged media are, and how vulnerable they are. Yes, I think that is exactly what is happening. It just isn’t clear exactly how it will play out - and who the new winners will be. I was amused this weekend to visit Barnes and Noble (I’m usually tucked away safely in Australia, but am in the US just now) and came away with the impression that nearly every book in the place was somehow connected to the NY Times Best Seller List. Evidently it is the new Imprimatur. It brought home to me just how centralized the industrial aged media are, and how vulnerable they are.

]]> http://newmediatheory.net/2009/08/27/93/#comment-13494 SteveSadlov Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:34:16 +0000 http://newmediatheory.net/2009/08/27/93/#comment-13494 What Linux and other "open source" software structures were to software, this new many-to-many "open source" journalism is to the world of journalism. Traditional legacy media journalists are like the old closed system proprietary software makers. They will either learn to be open source participants, or they will cease to be relevant. What Linux and other “open source” software structures were to software, this new many-to-many “open source” journalism is to the world of journalism. Traditional legacy media journalists are like the old closed system proprietary software makers. They will either learn to be open source participants, or they will cease to be relevant.

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