Content and Its Discontents

For years, we in traditional media have consoled ourselves about the increasing irrelevance of our work. First, we insist that content is king. If a story, image, film or report is compelling enough — a candid photo of Malia Obama, “Slumdog Millionaire,” the columns of Maureen Dowd — it will translate into pixels. It will flourish on any platform, dominate every sport. By this logic, creators, producers, artists and journalists should attend only ... Full Story »

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Dan Kennedy
2.7
by Dan Kennedy - Dec. 9, 2008

No new form of media has ever entirely replaced the old. Radio did not kill newspapers. Television did not kill radio. And the Internet will not kill print, even though print will change — is changing — in profound ways. Not only is Heffernan overly pessimistic, she also does not tell us what the dystopia she envisions might look like.

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