Democracy

Newspapers are the cornerstone of democracy.
(No, not anymore. Only a little more than half the people in America read a newspaper on a weekly basis.)
Yes, now more than ever. People can more clearly develop their opinions because the sources of content have multiplied. And the power of the intellectual ruling class (i.e. editors) who filter and censor and control the flow of information is dying.
Newspapers need to be the leaders in this true democratization of information. Newspapers need to liberate its readers. Give them what they are truly curious about.

Individuated

Many people have questioned the new term "Individuated" for the type of self-selected news and news products we are contemplating. But one venerable critic/media authority has come down firmly on the side of the term: Vin Crosby of Syracuse University, the author of Digital Deliverance. Read his analysis at http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3630054. And I might add -- perhaps coincidentally -- Wikipedia also now agrees. Look up "individuation" and under the Media Industry Use of Individuation subhead you'll find: "The term Individuation has begun to be used within the media industries to denote new printing and online technologies that permit the mass customization of the contents of a newspaper, a magazine, a broadcast program, or a Web site so that the contents match each individual user's own unique mix of interests, unlike the Mass Media practice of producing the same contents for each and every reader, viewer, listener, or online user.."

INC 3

The dates for the next Individuated Newspaper Conference (number 3) are set for June 24-26 at The Washington Times in Washington, D.C. Visit www.individuatednews.com.