FiveThirtyEight and the End of Average http://stratechery.com/2014/fivethirtyeight-end-average/ … The Internet is about power laws, but society is built on bell curves.
@troywolv will get to the business model side of things soon. Wanted to make a broader point first
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@monkbent But the broader point is, if not irrelevant, relatively unimportant. Readership has NOT been the primary problem. Advertising has -
@troywolv even if all ads stayed in newspapers, the "average" would still be getting killed. That's my point. Can't blame all on ads -
@monkbent This is the mistake lots of folks have made in trying to diagnosis the news business' ills. -
@troywolv I'll be following up on biz models specifically - ended up not fitting in today's piece
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