Hw 14 "Take an Obsession, Then Feed It!"

“Take an Obsession, then Feed It”, consisted of an interview with Nick Denton. Accordingly, Denton discusses how “hiring unknown writers for your blog sites rather than writers with track records in the media” is better. In addition, he talks about how people who are extremely talented writers don’t get the recognition they deserve just because they are not well known. Ultimately, I find this to be completely true. In contrast, Denton also says, “Of course, it works the other way too. Writers who are good webloggers often don’t do that well when they try to make the transition to magazine journalism or newspaper journalism”. Consequently, webloggers seem to be more ‘hungrier’ to discuss issues that the media seems to be incorrect on. In addition, webloggers in my opinion have more to offer about controversies in the world today. For instance, Denton responds in his interview, “As the audience grows, so will the advertising potential”. Thus, I feel and agree with Denton that as blogs becomes more popular and technology with it becomes more accepted, weblogging will alter businesses and could quite possibly “unbundle the existing newspaper publishing business”, as Denton stated.