- MediaPost: Mainstream Media Warms To 'Web 2.0' (WashingtonPost guy: "We're trying to lengthen the interaction between reader and content." NYTimes calls it a "nexus of content and community")

- BubbleGen on tools and audiences (Umair says WSJ, WaPo, NYT and Economist audiences could give him content of relevance and depth, but they haven't been given the tools to connect and create)

- Can MySpace be Beaten? (great analysis on how MySpace/News Corp has "essentially captured the entirety of Americas youth" (!). Also check out Marc Canter's response, in which he says open standards could be the answer)

- BusinessWeek on social networking systems (thinks niche-oriented networks is the future, because " advertisers may have an easier time reaching such a targeted audience.")

- Here Come the Edge Aggregators! (interesting overview from Pete Cashmore of some of the other 'edge aggregators' out there, apart from edgeio)

- Jason Fried on Web 2.0 thinking ("It’s about value — something the new web set seems afraid to 1. create, and 2. charge for.")

- Union Square Ventures: Web services and devices ("When web services integrate with devices in a open architecture, we believe that the consumers' interest in innovation and integration will trump the vendors' interest in preserving control over limited proprietary channels.")

- Kevin Marks on Internet generations ("My generation draws the Internet as a cloud that connects everyone; the younger generation experiences it as oxygen that supports their digital lives." -- via Susan Mernit)

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