The Bottom Line
February 10, 2004
Who is Dan?

Brother Weinberger writes,


Dan: The real threat to traditional journalism isn't blogging. It's eBay, the largest classified ads publisher.

I'm guessing Dan Gillmor, because he is a digerati with first-name status.

Anyway, he is absolutely right. Classified advertising accounts for 50 percent of the profits of newspapers, and eBay is taking that franchise away. Without classifieds, newspapers are not a business. They are charity cases.

Posted by Arnold at 8:41 AM | Email this entry | Category: economics of content
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That would be "... he is a digeratus ..."

Posted by Plautus on February 11, 2004 11:40 AM | Permalink to Comment

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