The Real YouTube Scoop: When news broke that Google and YouTube were in acquisition talks, it didn't come from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, or any of traditional media's other stalwarts. Instead, many people -- myself included -- got the story from TechCrunch, a popular blog dedicated to reporting the latest advances from the rapidly evolving world of what has been dubbed Web 2.
The scoop reinforces the widely accepted notion that professional bloggers are becoming increasingly robust and capable competitors to reporters from traditional media sources [...]
Given bloggers' ability to post articles immediately, react in real time to feedback from other news sources, and link to other articles and sources for a richer reading experience, it's difficult to imagine how the best bloggers will do anything but continue to grow in influence at the expense of traditional media.
