The demise today of the Rocky Mountain News set off a wave of essays, but the most interesting of the lot comes from The Daily Beast's Larry Kramer, a venture capital executive and former head of CBS Marketwatch.
He proposes an industry that follows its customers, that serves niches and worries not about the delivery system but the content it creates. It turns the idea of format-obsession on its side and suggests that the topics media cover --- and spread all over --- should serve as the structural model.
Kramer sees a bright future, but a very different future.
