"Content is No Longer King: Curation is King"

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While I usually post about catches my ear, every now and then, an important read comes along and deserves some attention.

This is one of the best summations of the current state of media that I have read in a while. Rosenbaum gives a solid analysis of the content explosion made possible by the web and hi-tech personal gadgets, along with it's effects on more traditional avenues like publishing. Definitely worth 5 minutes of your time.

"Content is No Longer King: Curation is King" by Steve Rosenbaum in Business Insider.

It struck me because I had a very similar conversation recently with several people about the pros and cons of blogging, and quality of curation was among the items generally agreed upon as essential. There is no shortage of things floating around the "meta-verse" of the world wide web, but the real challenge for end users is finding the best ways to filter that content to see subjects of interest with as little hassle as possible.