Here’s a brief proposition I’d be curious to see contradicted:
The common factor among all profitable journalism startups in the last seven years is not Web distribution, user interaction, worse content, better content, more content, less content, paid content or free content. The common factor is a narrow audience.
Very good point – and I notice that MSNBC is overtaking CNN by adopting an approach that is less ‘neutral’ (and therefore less mass market) than previously.
Would love to have a list of those profitable startups you mention…