What where the milestones of the first 10 years of online news? So
asked Mark Glaser in
Online Journalism Review a while back. Off the cuff, I'd say the defining element was the perception of the newspaper industry vs. the perception of the pundits.
1994: Curiousness vs. it'll change everything;
1995: Nervousness vs. you HAVE to do something;
1996: Dabble your feet vs. go full out or you'll be dead;
1997: Where is the meat vs. it takes time, and build communities;
1998: Still where is the meat vs. go multiplatform publishing;
1999: How do you play the stock market vs. you are in the content business;
2000: Who can we buy, merge, or partner with vs. whoa, is this ever taking off;
2001: It is not panning out vs. look closely where it does, imagine 9-11 without;
2002: Cut the weight vs. don't stop believing;
2003: Not where our problems really are vs. you'll never solve them without understanding it.
