A couple of quick thoughts: if Cody Brown's right about the future of news, then startups like NewsTilt have been barking up the wrong tree. I suspect that he's

A couple of quick thoughts: if Cody Brown's right about the future of news, then startups like NewsTilt have been barking up the wrong tree. I suspect that he's on to something here (and his mentor, Clay Shirky, is pretty supportive of the startup he's doing - Kommons). Bob Stein, from Future of the Book: "I just read his blog post announcing the new venture, and find myself deeply disturbed." (http://www.futureofthebook.org/blog/archives/2009/10/theres_no_such_thing_as_an_amo.html http://www.futureofthebook.org/blog/archives/2009/10/theres_...)