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Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:42:30 +0000

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By: Teach_J

Teach_J — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:17:14 +0000

You forgot about console gamers like the XBox 360, Wii and PS3. These gamers are willing to pay a premium to make it just work. For the news, this would be the Kindle. You could sell them both the device, via a partnership with Amazon and then a subscription on top of it. Some might be willing to get more than one newspaper too, such as USA Today, NY Times, Wash. Post, and their local paper. Maybe even an international paper like the Times of London.

By: EP

EP — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:53:16 +0000

I'm particularly interested on that other end. I understand some people need synthesis, filtered data, etc. But in all this sea of information (the metaphor is getting tired) I see a paradoxical lack of depth. Sometimes this lack of depth is caused by too much emphasis on brief items, assuming that the definition of "busy" is "not willing to invest time in finding out more." Curating sources would have to earn a badge of authority before they can be trusted-- in my opinion there's too much editing already and not enough discussion. For those who miss more investigative or in-depth journalism, this might be very good news, at least in the UK.

By: Tim Maly

Tim Maly — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:18:00 +0000

As a person who has limited time, I’d love to see much better curating. There is such a thing as TOO MUCH information and authoritative sites that cut through the noise and increase the level of signal for my personal needs. I don’t need ALL the news. I need the most important (whatever that means) news.

Chris Anderson is giving away the full Audio Book for FREE but making you pay for the abridged version.

On the other end, I wonder if there is a market for way more indepth coverage of topics. Full briefs of the background and relevant information aimed at a small(ish) group of hyper interested parties. The main news site becomes a kind of loss leader pulse of the new (WANT TO KNOW MORE?).

The busy people pay for better curating. The interested people pay for way more information.