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Matt_Kiser I mean... I have hardly been here my whole life. I'm not saying I know all the answers, I'm just tired of some particular players in the media industry acting like they do. Which is the sort of thing that consulting does.Permalink On twitter.com
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Matt_Kiser I like the sites, but I wish they focused on the problem of making money. And I like experimentation, but I don't like seeing journalists lose their jobs. And I'm just tired of seeing some people get all the chances and others getting none.Permalink On twitter.com
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Matt_Kiser I'm a negative guy and literally all I talk about is what does and can go wrong when it comes to making money in media, for sure. But also, I'm at where I am, in part, because I can't afford to take chances, I don't have a bucket of money or connections or VCs or whatever else...Permalink On twitter.com
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Matt_Kiser I'm just exhausted by the same exact types of people getting the money to do start ups and journalism experiments over and over and failing and seeing little of the consequences...Permalink On twitter.com
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Matt_Kiser Now maybe I've misread Spirited Media, and the individuals at what soon will past-tense have been their sites are great people. But isn't it unfair that the leadership keeps going while the people doing the work find their livelihoods at risk?Permalink On twitter.com
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Matt_Kiser It keeps happening, it keeps happening with the same people, and I'm really sick of seeing the money flow up to the people who already had the money while the people doing journalism get the short end. Is this not the case here? Because it sure looks like the case.Permalink On twitter.com
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Matt_Kiser It looks to me, & has always looked to me, like Spirited Media was a nice place for some people to experiment with some ideas they had that were completely unproven. But they did so by rolling the dice with local media, not just their own, but the ones they competed with as wellPermalink On twitter.com
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Matt_Kiser That has consequences. And maybe everyone who worked for them was in for the ride. But the people who they 'disrupted' weren't. And it hasn't turned out great for all of them either. These things have larger windows then just Oh One Cool Company...On twitter.com
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Matt_Kiser And yeah, I *don't* like it that the people in charge of all that get to walk away and tell other people how to run their business. I wouldn't when I worked at Salon, or at student media, or anywhere else.Permalink On twitter.com
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