tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post115297635547581895..comments2023-10-24T01:17:35.297-07:00Comments on Etaoin Shrdlu: Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379598516764590842noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-1153011174268472502006-07-15T17:52:00.000-07:002006-07-15T17:52:00.000-07:00No doubt the changes are at least as profound on t...No doubt the changes are at least as profound on the revenue side as the content side. In both cases, part of the big shift is "disintermediation," or cutting out the middle man. And in the historical model, in both cases the middle man was us.<BR/><BR/>But there's still a lot of life left in the audience-aggregation-advertisment model we know so well, and more opportunity in the context-related Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08379598516764590842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3039863.post-1153001483228204712006-07-15T15:11:00.000-07:002006-07-15T15:11:00.000-07:00I'm interested in how others view this point, but ...I'm interested in how others view this point, but it seems to me that the financial results reflect more of a fundamental shift in how commerce is being conducted through advertising than in news preferences. There is no doubt that the Web is a news medium of the future, but the fragmented audience is just that: some 40 percent of adults are not online, and many people who are online are not Melanie Sillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14391886448558663057noreply@blogger.com