Forever a Game Changer: The Internet Turns Publishers into Bloggers

How times have changed! I remember just a few years ago putting together a website would take sweat and tears, and today absolutely free content management systems allow someone with a bit of skills to setup and launch a site within hours.

There is no point in reviewing content management systems, plenty of blogs out there have done that proficiently, but there is something to be told about the effects empowerment will likely have on the web. As I see it today, we can all be active contributors of news and information, causing a massive dissinformation effect.

Why Newspapers Are Losing the Internet Battle

It has become a challenge for newspapers to survive in the digital world, and while most of them have embraced the Internet as a new medium to deliver their content, many are lagging when it comes to being ahead of the curve.

The evidence is in the facts: Classifieds used to be a newspapers owned industry, however the top online classifieds companies today are not associated to any newspaper (Craiglist, Kijiji, among many others). Most newspaper maintain their classified section and continue to push it as an extension of their print product, but are so constrained in their thinking because of their dire need to turn a quick coin that can't seem to understand that online business models differ from the conventional one they are so used to.