The beauty of the Internet revolution will come from its ability to allow ordinary people to create quality content. Success will further be based on merit, and not on corporate backing. The individual — if their talent is great enough — will be able to expose their work to a vast audience just as easy as a show from the majors. No longer will you need to settle with what is on, as you can actively search out whatever you desire. More importantly though, you want have to deal with things like networks pimping shows they've never even seen, or clips shows of their rare snippets of quality. Instead the torch is being passed to a new era of entertainers, who have not yet become corrupted by the spotlight. Look forward to the genius that is to come, and take solace in the stupidity whose time has finally come to pass.
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Article comments
1 - Mat Brewster
Nice write up. I have this snarky feeling that very soon big corporations are going to find a way to suck the life out of the internet as well. Everything great gets bastardized sooner or later.
Until then I'm enjoying the ride.
2 - ryan
Very true, but I'm not sure how big their impact can possibly be. The nice thing on the net is you don't have to settle--and settling is how the majors make their money.
3 - driverseven
Don't put any stock in Alexa ratings -- it only tallies use by people who installed the Alexa software. It's nowhere near an accurate picture of web usage.
4 - Connie Phillips
Very interesting, and I've been thinking a lot about this myself the last few days reading the same stories about Emily's Reason's. I watched the first episode and said that night it would be gone within 4 episodes, I never dreamed they would cut it after 1. But I can believe seeing the end product that ABC never saw a script before getting behind it.
You're right on about choice and diversity being key, and it just doesn't exist on TV anymore.
5 - Matt Largo
Great article! I agree with Matt Brewster. Major corporations will try to find a way to choke the life and choice out of the Internet. Then we'll all have to make a mass exodus to Internet2 if (when) such a thing comes into existence.
6 - Aaman
Media Convergence will make the Web history
7 - T
Dugg It. And, a little off topic, I also go to Tucker Max for hilarity. But, honestly, if anyone wants good insight onto how the hollywood machine works, check out Tucker's trip through the TV meat grinder. You'll see how retarded the system really is.
8 - ryan
alexa ratings are based on things other than the toolbar, though it is a big part of it.
T, if you like tucker, check out my articles on him
9 - ryan
Aaman? Media convegence? Explain.
10 - doodoocakes
great read,so true and i love the unregulated net, hopefully it doesnt get into the hands of riaa or mpaa....look what happened to internet2 :(
11 - ryan
riaa. I think most companies will learn from their mistakes.
12 - ryan
I take back everything I said about the internet revolution. Every last word.
13 - Squire
We might experience a convergence of traditional media like TV , radio and the internet in the years to come and people would might express themselves differently than what they do today..although they have already started taking advantage of the internet as a medium to express themselves and creat e content to reach out other people which was not possible in the 80's .
14 - ryan
Oh ok.