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""Traditional journalism is, in a word, broken . . . [o]n top of the unnecessarily one-way journalism being practiced today, the media space is suffering from the appearance of (and in some cases outright) impropriety . . . We believe participatory journalism is a better model than one-way journalism."
Jason Calacanis, from the Weblogs website

"The best thing you can do to make more money is produce world-class content. That''s what I spend my time on: finding people who can make world-class content... and pay them!"
Jason Calacanis, in an Aug. 4, 2005 interview with the JenSense blog "

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AOL agrees to by Weblogs (10-15-05)

The Media Center at the American Press Institute posted a bio of Jason Calacanis in advance of the Oct. 5, 2005, "We Media: Behold the Power of Us" conference in New York City.

Jason Calacanis is a serial web-based entrepreneur who has created a network of trade-industry weblogs across niche industries in which user participation is an essential component of the resulting product. Weblogs Network Inc. claims its approach:

Saves professionals the time associated with reading dozens of trade publications by providing a non-stop, top-level summary of the news
Provides analytical tools that give readers the ability to sort and search stories by topics within an industry
Gives users the ability to participate by engaging in discussions, ranking stories and by submitting their own Ã¢â¬ÅblogsÃ¢â¬Â (i.e., pointers and summaries of stories on other sites)
Promotes fairness and truth in reporting by acting as a public forum where industry professionals can participate.

Calacanis argues that traditional journalism is broken and that talented journalists want to work independently. For more of his thoughts on this, see:
http://corporate.weblogsinc.com/entry/1016914146856668/

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