Publisher Feels Threatened By Blogging?
David Murray vomits at blogging in the Ragan Report: "If blogging is such a powerful medium, then it probably doesn't need a gaggle of bloggers blogging about how big a deal it is."
That's actually true. The huge interest for blogging we see these days is not a result of gaggling bloggers. None of us - and in that I include even the famous Scoble - could have created this surge just by talking and writing about the blog's business advantages. The format is selling itself. I don't think it was David's intention, but he underscores the inherent potential of blogs.
But why do you, David, strike so merciless against one blogger - Neville? I don't get that. Maybe you've heard that it's the way to get attention in the blogosphere (which it obviously, and sadly, seems to be). Maybe you feel threatened by a tool you should know, but can't figure out. I don't know.
I know, on the other hand, that everyone should read Neville's thoughts on the matter and the other commentators he links to. I also know that we must see the fact that David speaks for a business (Ragan) that publishes "...corporate communications, public relations, and leadership development newsletters." And guess where the new competition for them are coming from...?