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more on The digital home - Science fiction?
From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 10:14:54 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: "Newmedia () aol com"<Newmedia () aol com> Sent: 05/09/05 8:14:49 AM To: "dave () farber net"<dave () farber net> Subject: Re: [IP] more on The digital home - Science fiction? Dave: The enforced "rear-view mirror" journalism nowadays in technology is, well, predictable. These guys just can't help but be wrong again. And, again. After having missed the Bubble as it inflated and then refusing to report on the simple reasons why these techno-economic resets have occured over and over (see Carlota Perez), publications like the Economist (and the Wall Street Journal and Forbes and the New York Times, etc.) have reverted to rearguard attempts to protect their own dwindling slice of the shrinking mass media pie. Business magazine advertising is off big time. Down 40% in some cases. The "winners" are only down 20%. The Economist has been particularly bad -- having missed nearly every significant event in technology for the past 10+ years -- and has been totally clueless about what is now going on. Two years into the build-out of a new systems platform, the Economist hasn't reported on a single significant development. Personal media has replaced mass media and publications like the Economist are hurting. No wonder they have to run besides-the-point articles like this one. Sheesh, Mark Stahlman New York City ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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