My Comments for "Dear Malcolm: Why So Threatened?"

Here are my comments for Chris Anderson's piece on Epicenter. "Dear Malcolm: Why So Threatened?" I hardly think Malcolm Gladwell is threatened by Chris Anderson, by the way.

I agree. You’ve found the new model. But I do worry about quality. Part-time writers blogging in their spare time will not have the time (or perhaps the talent, but most certainly the time) to crank out the quality of content we’re used to in paid publications.

A more relevant example of the future of high quality journalism is talkingpointsmemo.com or politico.com.

Also, I still believe in some sort of micropayment model for the future. iTunes has that figured out for music, movies, tv shows, and iPhone apps. Just get my payment information once, then charge me small amounts without transaction screens. I don’t think I’d pay per article, but a couple of bucks a month, for quality like The New Yorker or The New York Times, would work. It’s still a lot less money for most of those publications though.