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May 18, 2005
Fear, Fear, and More Fear
Posted by Stowe Boyd
JD Lasica points out that newspapers are staying away from blogging, because they are afraid to lose control. The NYTimes won't let writers even have personal blogs. Tim Bray relates that the day Sun decided to start blogging, they had to throw the company's communication policy out the window (and create a new one, that covers the new world order) because the company needed to get out of the way and let individuals talk with the world outside.
But this conference is brimming with fear -- not these panelists, Udell, Lasica, and Bray -- but the folks off the stage. The mainstream media folks filling the hall are hoping to make the most superficial, most minimal changes possible -- add some RSS feeds, let a few writers blog -- but otherwise, business as usual.
But I don't buy it. Wholesale change is necessary. But only a small proportion of these companies are going to make those changes, and as a result we can anticipate a pileup coming in this industry.
[tags: Syndicate, IDG Syndicate, Jon Udell, JD Lasica, Tim Bray]
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1. JD Lasica on May 18, 2005 12:51 PM writes...
I think you're right, Stowe. It's a good time to get into the wrecking crew salvage biz.
BTW, it's the Wall Street Journal that has had a policy against employees blogging. I don't know what the Times' policy is regarding personal blogs by employees; i know of only one Times suburban correspondent with a blog, though there may be others. The Times is considering a public blog strategy at the moment, though I'd be surprised if they embraced it in a major way in the next year or two.
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