IP: Grok to UnSpun: The Real Story

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:17:12 -0500
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
> Subject: Grok to UnSpun: The Real Story
>
>
> Grok to UnSpun: The Real Story
> By Brad King
>
> 2:00 a.m. Jan. 14, 2002 PST
>
> Low-tech is back as text-based websites and newsletters survive
> alongside powerful media conglomerates.
>
> Media Grok, The Industry Standard's acerbic roundup of technology
> headlines, emerged from the cyber-trash heap for the third time in
> less than six months under the new banner, Media UnSpun. The company
> retains the same seven-person staff that created the once-popular
> newsletter, but editor Jimmy Guterman's media organization, the
> Vineyard Group, will manage the site.
>
> UnSpun is the most recent example of the resurgence of text-based
> e-mail newsletters and websites competing against international news
> organizations hit hard by layoffs. Meanwhile, upstart outlets such as
> Iconocast and Debkafile continue to churn out news and information
> that attract readers often skeptical of major news organizations.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49653,00.html

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