Jason Calacanis has published a smart post today, looking at the implications of Google Knol - and the idea that Google’s now a content company competing with Wikipedia, media networks and you as a blogger, vlogger or podcaster.
When Google announced Knol, we said “Google is looking for a way to monetize user-generated articles, effectively paying [...]
Gawker is reporting that pioneering video blogger Amanda Congdon and ABC will be parting ways:
We hear that ABC News vlogger Amanda Congdon’s contract won’t be renewed. Congdon, who came to fame at RocketBoom, started contributing to their website late last year. She has been quite productive recently���taking tours of homes in Santa Barbara and talking [...]
When you look at the steady stream of companies that are hyped at sites like TechCrunch - companies like Cluztr, Validas, Wablet and Weebly - it doesn’t seem like a stretch to think that there’s something to the idea that there’s a “Web 2.0″ bubble, an unwarranted rush of interest and investment in new Internet [...]