Comments on: Crumbling media http://davesmidlife.com/2007/02/25/crumbling-media/ Musings of a middle-aged guy waiting to see what he'll be when he grows up Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:41:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave http://davesmidlife.com/2007/02/25/crumbling-media/#comment-4295 Dave Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:08:47 +0000 http://davesmidlife.com/2007/02/25/crumbling-media/#comment-4295 Thanks for the comment, Chris. I think it would be really unsettling to be an independent media owner in the past 5-10 years. Do such people/entities even still exist? I have always had a fascination with and admiration for local media owners--small radio and television stations, small-town newspapers. But I'm forced to conclude that in this day and age, their role has probably been supplanted by bloggers, podcasters, and other denizens of the online world. What is lost in this new scheme is a sense of geographical community, of locality. I don't know exactly how that will be recovered. Thanks for the comment, Chris.

I think it would be really unsettling to be an independent media owner in the past 5-10 years. Do such people/entities even still exist?

I have always had a fascination with and admiration for local media owners–small radio and television stations, small-town newspapers. But I’m forced to conclude that in this day and age, their role has probably been supplanted by bloggers, podcasters, and other denizens of the online world.

What is lost in this new scheme is a sense of geographical community, of locality. I don’t know exactly how that will be recovered.

]]> By: Chris http://davesmidlife.com/2007/02/25/crumbling-media/#comment-4294 Chris Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:39:35 +0000 http://davesmidlife.com/2007/02/25/crumbling-media/#comment-4294 Dave, you're exactly right about the impact of social networking sites, podcasting, satellite radio and more, things have changes and the FCC needs to update its ownership rules to reflect these realities. In addition, as Ahrens points out, there has been a tremendous deconsolidation movement in the past year and Klinenberg's book is outdated. I consult with the NAB on the media ownership issue and we are attempting to confront the many misconceptions that exist about how online media, satellite and cable are affecting th ability of local broadcasters to survive on their own. They are struggling to compete for ad revenue and things will only get worse. Great post. Dave, you’re exactly right about the impact of social networking sites, podcasting, satellite radio and more, things have changes and the FCC needs to update its ownership rules to reflect these realities. In addition, as Ahrens points out, there has been a tremendous deconsolidation movement in the past year and Klinenberg’s book is outdated.

I consult with the NAB on the media ownership issue and we are attempting to confront the many misconceptions that exist about how online media, satellite and cable are affecting th ability of local broadcasters to survive on their own. They are struggling to compete for ad revenue and things will only get worse.

Great post.

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