2005 - Year of the Blog Buyout?
And if it doesnt, i'd be shocked i reckon, funny thing about blogs though is that this stuff has been available for years.. whenever you ask someone what makes blogging different they always say speed of publishing, publishing to different categories, syndication tools but that's all old hat really. I've been syndicating for god knows how long and CMS systems allow for rapid publication just as well as a blog -> look at this place..
the big thing is that blogs lower the bar is all, non-techies can get to grip with it much quicker..
Wired: Web Media Buyouts Coming? Kinda
Dont worry about that link so much though, paidcontent's paragraph is more interesting I think...
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Maybe 2005 will be the year when bigger blogs get bought out by bigger media companies. I've been looking at more than a few strategic options (does not include buyout) for a year now, but bootstrapping seems to be going well for me so far ...
Anyway, the media-hack-who-hardly-know-about-media quotes Sam Whitmore, who believes that established media brands will have no choice but to adopt blog strategies -- and acquisitions will be a part of it. He predicts that by this time next year, Nick Denton, founder of Gawker and Wonkette, or Jason Calacanis, who co-founded micropublisher Weblogs, will have sold a couple of their blogs.
- Y! MyWeb