In an interesting post

yesterday, Dave Morgan (Executive V.P. of Global Advertising Strategy

for AOL) suggests that by disaggregating their businesses and opening

up each component part to operate and even compete independently, daily

newspapers can save themselves from complete oblivion. Clearly, there

is some merit to Morgan’s argument, and some papers (mostly in the

weekly newspaper and alternative… Continue

Edgeio

announced late last week that it was ceasing operations and looking to

liquidate its assets. The company, which had recently raised $6M in

capital ($3M of which came from Intel), tried to build a business by

aggregating classified listings from all over the web. In explaining

the reasons why the business was unsuccessful, CEO Keith Teare stated,

“I would say it came down to lack of vision on the part of investors to

see the platform as part of the… Continue