Flavorpill friend Elizabeth Spiers gave us the head’s up that MSNBC anchor Carlos Watson is launching a news and opinion site today called TheStimulist. Per her post: “This is a totally bootstrapped operation, and was really based on Carlos’s hunch that there was something important happening with the groundswell of young, engaged voters in the last election. They’re indicative of a progressive generation of people who are not afraid of provocation, are heavily informed already, and demand smart analysis of current events. Ideally, TheStimulist will provide that.” More on the launch can be found over at Business Week.
The slick venture looks like it’s supposed to appeal to 20-somethings, and has a funny yet focused editorial mix. (Kind of a Big Deal, Good Sh*t, and The C Note, Watson’s own column, are among the six daily features.) Among the most interesting things we found while digging around: this article about a film that addresses Spain’s domestic violence problem; this think piece about how who you voted for 18 sticks with you for life; and this post about what we can learn from the Transcontinental Railroad.
Check it out.
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Yet another new blog. I used to be such an avid reader of blogs. Early on, they were fresh, offered entertainment and alternate opinion. But then something funny happened. They started multipying. And multiplying. And multiplying. And multiplying. And instead of fresh original content, they took a few paragraphs of original content from other sites, slapped a line or 2 of their own text on it, added ads — they looked for a cookie cutter way to make money. And that's become the pervasive annoying, repetitive formula. As noted, I used to read tons of blogs — hundreds a day. Now I subscribe to blog RSS feeds as well as those of the sites the blogs steal their material from. I read the original sites and if it looks like there's something original, then I might visit a blog. But it's gotten fewer and further between. I wonder if others are also feeling the effects of blog overload. I suspect that the answer is 'yes'. Too much of the same. Too transparently out for profit. And that's gonna hurt many, many of them. I suspect that there will be countless blogs closing in the next year, as they realize that they need something other than the cookie cutter strategy to attract readers and survive.
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