Before the paid content, CPMs and multimedia ruffled the feathers of newsrooms everywhere there was the advertorial. In its previous life advertorials, advertiser produced editorial (clearly marked, of course), were mainstays of newspapers and consumer magazines.

Whoever is responsible for the quote "everyone's a critic" didn't have to worry about bloggers. As self-publishing becomes easier there are more voices than ever on the Web, and sometimes it can be time-consuming to discover high-quality content.

This week’s eBook Summit in New York is a chance for attendees to talk about the dawning of the e-reader age, which publishers need to begin preparing for. I stalked the virtual conversation about the event that took place yesterday on Twitter (#ebooksummit).

If there was a reoccurring conversation topic at CUNY’s New Business Models for Local News event it was: we are not alone.