New York Times: Online Journalism Comes of Age
«The long-term prospects of these single- issue sites, run more as hobbies than businesses, are hard to forecast. But the growth of the single-issue or single-person site illustrates how the Internet, as an open market of ideas, breaks down many of the natural barriers that previously enabled editors to dictate much of what would be news for a given day. Now, Web personalization and self-designed news home pages have created an environment in which readers are helping determine what is vital for them.»