Jarvis on NPR: WSJ,Facebook,
It was nice little surprise to hear Jeff Jarvis on NPR during my morning commute.
Jeff was being asked about WSJ and commented how becoming more ‘news’ and less ‘financial’ would give it more reach and a broader advertiser base.
It made me realize that we are headed toward being a country with three news organizations. Maybe four.
NYtimes.com, WSJ.com, USAtoday.com and wherever the privately held Tribune company (LATimes.com etc.) might land.
Obviously I’m heavily favoring the newspaper companies. It will be a more complex rollup than that, but you get my picture.
Further, it makes one wonder whether each of these organizations aligns themselves with the online players, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and maybe Amazon or even eBay. Or is it Facebook and the social network arms of these players that find a partnerships.
We already see that path shaping up with Yahoo’s recent newspaper deals.
Of course, one has to wonder how WSJ and MySpace could ever marry each other since they seem world’s apart, but I’m betting that changes in both of those organizations will over time have them creeping toward a common ground.
What do you think?