Bezos’ Folly

Who would pay over $400 to read the newspaper?

If you’re Jeff Bezos, you’re banking pretty heavily that most people will. At $489 Amazon’s Kindle DX packs a punch on the wallet, but does it pack a better punch with a feature-rich user experience?

I’ve contacted Amazon public relations about a review unit. Until I hear back from them, here are some of my observations.

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Live stream is now up

After working all day yesterday and a tiny part of this morning, I finally have my live stream page up.

I put some small ads on the page flanking the Stickam feed window to show off the deals though our sponsors. Right now we have more sponsors than we can support on this page, so I may have to add some ad space though the individual podcast sites or something else entirely. I have decided yet.

Also, at the bottom of the page you’ll see the markers for our different shows – both live and recorded. This way you always know when we’re broadcasting the latest content.

Check it out at live.newmediaindy.com.

Credibility versus the Internet

After listening to TWiT yesterday, I got to thinking about old media and the credibility it lends to the news.  Do you think that the Internet affords the same credibility but on a much larger scale?  My belief is that it does but only if you look in the right places.

What are your thoughts?  Leave your comments here.