The Daily Paper of Tomorrow

“Building communities and businesses around community-created content was not invented by MySpace.com,” @nprMumcQhdobixoA/magazine/content/06_02/b3966026.htm">says Business Week’s Jon Fine. “One bright spot for the Reader’s Digest Assn. is Reiman Publications, which runs a host of homey, ad-free titles that lean heavily on reader-written contributions. Is there a sufficient subcultural pulse in your city to pull off a mini-myspace? Are locals writing hobbyist blogs that you can build about.coms around? There have always been more talented content creators than full-time jobs for them; the platform of the Net makes them visible. Do you want them inside your tent as partners or outside it as competitors?”