Can original online content continue?

摘要

Can the traditional advertising business model support original content creation on the Web? During a panel discussion at the SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association) Information Industry Summit in New York last month, this question stoked the emotions of speakers and audience members alike.rnThrowing out the first incendiary comment was Michael Wolff, co-founder of Newser. "I think we're clearly seeing-and you will see this in even more dramatic terms-that traditional media organizations, and especially traditional, general-interest print organizations, are over," he said. This is the premise of Newser, a 16-month-old online news aggregation site.