Monday, January 26, 2004

Meanwhile at the World Economic Forum

Billmon is there, and in today's post he covers the topic of ........ blogs!

I can't say I was surprised to find that this year's World Economic Forum included a session on blogs. If, as Ben Franklin says, (via Dick Cheney's Christmas cards ) a sparrow can't fall to the ground without God noticing, then certainly a hot media trend like blogging can't go on too long without showing up on the agenda in Davos.

The session -- "Will Mainstream Media Co-opt Blogs and the Internet?" -- was actually better than I expected, despite the lame title. Looking at the list of panelists before hand, I got the impression it would be a collection of media sharks and clueless journalism professors. But three of the five speakers have their own blogs:


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