---
title: "Read/WriteWeb Daily"
date: 2006-01-20
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2006"
    url: "/tag/2006.md"
---

# Read/WriteWeb Daily

Aggregating and filtering the latest Web Tech and Media news, so you don’t have to! (p.s. thanks for the encouraging comments about this new daily feature – I’m trying out a new name…)

![gate](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615im_/http://static.flickr.com/31/88748316_18b04a5cd2_m.jpg)– [Out with old media; in with… what?](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/17/technology/pluggedin_fortune/index.htm) (CNNMoney.com ponders who will be media gatekeeper in the 21st century. I dunno, the word ‘gatekeeper’ seems very — well, 20th century. Maybe start by losing the old broadcasting terminology? Just a thought.)

– [Old mogul, new media](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5407672) (I’m sensing a theme here… this Economist.com article is about News Corp and their “trendy new web communities”)

– [50 users v 1 editor](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://www.lllj.net/blog/archives/2006/01/17/50-users-v-1-editor/) (Lloyd Shepherd, Deputy Director of Digital Publishing at Guardian Unlimited, ponders whether Guardian is more democratic than Digg)

– [TechCrunch reads the riot act to Ning](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/20/ning-rip/) (the DIY social web app hasn’t lived up to the hype – be interesting to see if it responds to Mike’s detailed list of issues…)

– [Interview With Digg.com Founder, Kevin Rose](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://www.philoneist.com/50226711/interview_with_diggcom_founder_kevin_rose.php) (incl stats… “Digg’s registered membership is currently at 140,000 and is doubling every three months.”)

– [Who Are the New Media Gatekeepers?](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://publishing2.com/2006/01/20/who-are-the-new-media-gatekeepers) (I’ve been emailing with Scott Karp and we disagree on more than we agree on, but it’s stimulating conversation — and he sure knows how to get attention ;-))

– [Hey, Your Content Chocolate Is In My Portal Peanut Butter!](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://battellemedia.com/archives/002247.php) (best post title I’ve seen in a while… John Battelle: “Next up: Yahoo sells books, and Google sells videos. Oh, wait, that’s already happening…”)

– [Emo/pop punk rockers finding fans on MySpace](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/entertainment/13654321.htm) (I still don’t understand what emo is – shows my age…)

– [Top Sellers on Xbox Live Arcade](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/681/681837p1.html) (Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is number 1… apparently it [only costs $5](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/geometrywarsretroevolved/review.html))

– [Rich Media Realities](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://www.unionsquareventures.com/2006/01/rich_media_real.html) (Fred Wilson lists some compromises, because his “nirvana scenario” isn’t happening anytime soon)

Flickr pic [by Kristal](https://web.archive.org/web/20110130015615/http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristyk/88748316/)

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/readwriteweb_da.php))*