@9 somastud, you never got over the Hotwired fiasco, did you?

Concerning the NYT, I only seem to hear about friends who have canned their subscriptions. I canned all newspapers about two years ago as I can see a variety of opinions on the web - not just a single viewpoint as you get with the NYT.

@44 mig: I don’t disagree with you in the definition of a journalistic media. My only point is that “if we define media as an entity that delivers news/facts and perspectives”, TC is a media (and one of my favorites). And many other less known blogs are, too. Tagging is popular is because people can put different definition for the same thing. I often tag professional blogs ‘media’, in addition to blog, web2.0, etc. Should I not?

Wow, that’s some amazing reporting, and a stunningly well researched piece of spin.

I don’t think anyone would claim news.com was perfect, or that cnet.com wasn’t in some challenging times at the moment. But the CNET properties do offer some diverse content, including cnettv.com, ZDNET.com, TV.com, GameSpot and worldwide editions of cnet.com.

Just like everyone else they have their biases, but that doesn’t bother me at all, since i don’t really take any serious on here anyway.

@36 hyokon wrote “blogs like TC are even better. Why I like TC? I like Mike’s perspectives. The incumbents are too big to have a strong character. Their articles are different depending on who the writer is.”

What on earth are you talking about? All writers at a magazine like The Economist write in exactly the same character and style and stay on message. There is more diversity of character and quality at TC (and it’s not exactly a good thing… ie. Duncan.)

Anyways, this isn’t too fair of a judgment. Wired is for dumb fucks. I mean, that magazine couldn’t even pull off a decent conference in L.A, I was so embarrassed for their magazine. also, don’t dog Cnet too bad, because it’s not the original owners still. Kevin Wendle did a great job starting it and has no control over how they have screwed it up now. Just as tech crunch will sell one day, it will also turn into a piece of shit.

This is a great idea. I would love to hear more about what is going on in the rest of the world, specifically Asia.

As someone outside US, I read Techcrunch everyday but not other incumbent media. What is the true meaning of “media” or “journalism”? Aside from the ‘image’ of a media company (reporters screaming at phones, etc) they do two things, delivering news and/or expressing perspectives. In that sense, Techcrunch (and many other blogs) is not at all different from incumbent media.

For some situations or tastes (marketers may call it segments…), blogs like TC are even better. Why I like TC? I like Mike’s perspectives. The incumbents are too big to have a strong character. Their articles are different depending on who the writer is.

In that sense, TC has a choice as well. You can remain a small boutique, or grow to be another characterless media company hiring many writers with different perspectives. Personally, I hope you to remain small (so that I can keep enjoying Mike’s perspective), but then you would make smaller money and it will be harder to exit. ‘You’ cannot exit if the company is you. It is a hard choice - not just economic where you can decide by NPV, but something philosophical. What, not how much, do you want TC to be?

if someone can help me understand what is the value of techcrunch to CNET? none, thats my preliminary answer.