Now it can be re-published digitally as people send the same article, story or news report from one to the next. Earlier last week I sat at lunch at The Westcliff in Johannesburg, overlooking the zoo, with an executive of a news agency. I was also able to get copies of the Sabre and AMPS reports for the past two years and am still pawing through the results. These figures, like AMPS, which measures internet usage in the population as a whole, are doubling every twelve months. Some of the companies eyeing this new market employ 100 people just to support their editorial operations.
Every new announcement seems to have a bigger capital sum in it . . .
Few, if any outside of one or two in the connectivity business, are making money. Some are losing money hand over fist. Dyson's prediction of increasing competition seems apt. The real winners are the consumers who are getting better and better choice at lower and lower prices. The approach for some seems to be that if we can spend the most money or make the most noise we will win.