Blogging

"Blogging is the current manifestation of Internet disintermediation, the flattening of almost everything. There are no visible intermediaries between a blogger and her readers. Anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can write a blog; anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can read any publicly accessible blog."

Tom Evslin

Blogging is the newest form of journalism.
Not only for the new mean to write/read, but for the new kind of writers.

It is succesful because
1) It is free
2) It is widespread
3) Covers every kind of niche market.
4) It is a communication way, since it is interactive.

Point three is the peculiarity of the Internet.(and also point 4)
Covering the World gives a space to all, also to the one who wouldn't be heard and read on a limited edition.

The Internet is the

1) Customers' owned network
2) Customers' owned content
3) Self publishing newspaper
4) Self broadcasting mean

In a few words, it is the revolution of our generation.
Cheap hardware, cheap means of transmission, a global footprint, changed the way to write, sing, play, broadcast.
And more than anything will change the way the entertainment is made and consumed (and payed for obviously).
Existing companies will have to change the way their product is done, if they want to survive. It is just a matter of time...


Yes, I am a blog reader AND a blog writer...