I had the ah-ha moment today about how/where news and information delivery is going finally.
I know. It’s probably late, but better late than never right?
Here’s how it played out.
I woke up this morning, got a beverage and sat down on the couch. Cracked open the powerbook, and fired up bloglines. Started going over BoingBoing, and came across the story of the NYC Subway Hero Wesley Autrey.
Read that and thought damn that is amazing, wish I could’ve seen the Letterman spot (since I’m usually in bed then). So I hopped over to YouTube and did a quick search and found the clip of his interview.
Tada.
So what does this mean?
Where is the radio? The TV? The newspaper? The reporters?
Oh they’re all there, it’s just with a new twist. A shift in perception. A natural evolution of data delivery.
I can see where print and even video media empires could get freaked out because in a sense they’re losing a business opportunity given the shift. I’m thinking though this is just an augmentation to infrastructure they already have. They just need to aquire a few new tools to remain in the business.
I mean really. What I did this morning wasn’t free, even though it sure felt like it. However, I had to pay for the powerbook and the broadband connection. I did get for free the use of bloglines which I used to subscribe to the BoingBoing RSS feed, which then had the link to CNN and which made me go to YouTube. I see at least four advertising opportunities there. Who knows what else you could try out there. What if I had to pay a penny to view the YouTube video? I’d do it. It’s probably why things like AllofMp3 are so popular.
Anyway, thought it was an interesting thing. Sorry it took me so long to get a glimpse of what the future holds.