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We’ve taken a scare resource and made it infinite, an idea by Adam Curry<\/a>. In the print world, you had n-number of ads. In the online world, you can place any amount of banners on your site, or there are a multitude of sites serving such banners. This is why its hard to generate revenue.<\/p>\n

Robert Scoble<\/a> brings up a great point on TWiT#423<\/a> – tech journalism is everywhere. Its hard to make good quality tech content because it costs money. A good article on how an iPhone is made involves you to head to China to visit the factory floor, and can easily cost $10,000. However when you write a (blog) post, what can you make on viewership in terms of CPM? $5? $15? It is a tiny amount which is why many tech journalists\/bloggers end up repackaging press releases.<\/p>\n

Worlds that haven’t been touched negatively seem to be fashion & cars. But tech is clearly affected.<\/p>\n

Evan Williams gives us tools to express ourselves – Blogger, Twitter, Medium. He’s made tonnes of money as people have been willing to create content for free. How do journalists make a living? Leo Laporte suggests that the Internet has arrived – you figure out to make a living.<\/p>\n

The problem is people doing it for free. It devalues the work of people doing it for bucks.<\/p>\n

What about the CPM for location based ads? Today you get so many apps that give away the location, with users opting in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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