The relationship to news aggregation needs to be reconsidered. Publishers of original news (magazines and newspapers mostly) should issue a “thanks” to fair-referrals such as Techmeme and many others like it — and, at the same time, protect themselves from cynical aggregators that will prey on their costly journalistic production.
via mondaynote.com
I think that the HufPo and future aggregators of their ilk portend a trend of the best journalists leaving big media and starting their own well read blogs. These blogs will have low overhead and strong sponsors. These blogs will open up an opportunity for independent advertiser networks and new revenue models like Grabbit.