Local Sports Site wishoops.net makes a splash

Jason Kiley of wishoops.net reported Friday that Madison Memorial basketball player Wesley Matthews will attend Marquette. This is interesting in several ways:

• Local TV Station Channel 3 credited this site as the source for their Friday evening report
• Jon Masson, Wisconsin State Journal Sports columnist referred only to a "A state basketball Web site" in his article on the subject. If the subject is worth an article, it is certainly right to link to the site!
• The site provides a substantial amount of content, far more than the old media types. I wish them well!
• Interestingly, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is silent on the matter this Saturday morning.

This article, and the old media's handling is a great example of what Jeff Jarvis refers to as the disintermediation of authority. Advertising revenues will follow over time. The Economist covered this recently (subscription required).

Posted by James Zellmer at July 17, 2004 6:15 AM | Subscribe to this site via RSS:
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