Community isn’t new, so why are we trying to reinvent the wheel online?

A recent article from Harvard’s Nieman Reports, “Community: A New Business Model for News,” presented community as “. . . the most powerful emerging business driver in the new economy.”
The article caught my attention because of the changes occurring in the news media. While setting the news agenda has long been the role of traditional [...]

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If you don’t have something nice to say . . .

“I’ve got two very expensive kids and a very expensive wife, and I’m building a 6,000-square-foot house in the country. But I don’t have any debt. The people who are in trouble are the people who can’t service their debt.”
Those are the, er, candid words of Brian Sutton, president, Cassels Brock Regulatory Consulting, appearing [...]

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