Tom Altman’s Wedia Conversation

ReadWriteWeb posted a story “How Much Is Being The Most Influential Man in News Worth?“:

Who is the most influential man in American news? It’s not Brian Williams or Bill O’Reilly or Keith Olbermann or Larry King. It’s not Seymour Hersh or Charlie Savage or Frank Rich or Robert Novak. No, arguably the most influential man in American news is Matt Drudge. So how much is that worth?

Its interesting to see where others have taken The Drudge concept.

ReadWriteWeb has a great post about internet video in 2007:

From YouTube’s continued dominance, the television networks’ newfound willingness to experiment online, the rise of the desktop Internet TV application, and a number of new PC-to-TV devices and set-top boxes — it’s been a big year for Internet TV in all shapes and forms. In this post we look back at 2007 through the lens of last100’s coverage, highlighting some of the important stories and trends, and how they point to what we might expect for Internet TV in 2008.

ReadWriteWeb posted an article called “Most Promising for Web 2008: Open Source Movement“

Likewise we think there is no single Web company that is more promising than… the open source movement, a loose-knit group that aims to make a huge impact by tying all Web companies together.

I am a recovering Microsoft fanboy.  It is so interesting to watch and participate in the open source movement.  It is so much more friendly (in nature) that some of the corporate models.

Take for instance the MySQL movement - that is really just indescribable.

Read/Write Web has a very in depth post on “The Rise Of Hyperlocal Information” posted Wednesday (11/21/2007).

The net effect of all of this is the increasing availability of fine-grained information about locales. This information is both interesting and valuable. It is sought after by people living in these places and by advertisers who are trying to reach these people. A handful of startups are recognizing the big potential of local information - relevance.

Take some time to read this article - it is really good and really deep.  It talks about many different aspects of hyperlocal.

Despite globalization, hyperlocal information is very valuable both to people and advertisers. In the coming years, we will be seeing the rise of a new way to look at information - geography. Inspired by utility and the promise of hyperlocal advertising, startups are racing to build businesses that deliver highly relevant, local information to users.