Parting #hottakes on the life cycle of the media business

Extinction-level events have more or less become the new normal in the news business... journalism should have been wiped out by now. And yet it’s surprisingly resilient ... necessary to step back from the #contentwars and start, well, building new things. Every minute spent debating whether bloggers are journalists... is time not spent making something that might have the potential to connect with an audience... Prepare yourself for this burrito bowl of incisive media analysis... The days of successfully running a media company by playing follow the leader are officially over.... Does this mean you should stop reading Nieman Lab and change your out of office responder to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯? ... pick and chose the things that seem like they could apply to your specific corner of the media universe. Think of it as a Choose Your Own Adventure, but with more wearables. - Exit music (for content): Parting #hottakes on the life cycle of the media business » Nieman Journalism Lab