Dead Media Watch: the TechCrunch Deadpool

*Since all technology is transitional technology, it's good to understand that the "deadpool" is the universal destination of all things technical.

Sites like TechCrunch are especially good because the dead there are so tragically young and seem so lively and vital.

http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/

"Sadly, 2007 wasn’t the best of years for many startups. Below you’ll find a list of the companies that took a swim in the TechCrunch DeadPool. Also see our Year in Deals, Year in TechCrunch Headlines, and Most Popular Posts.

A Sad Milestone: AOL To Discontinue Netscape Browser Development
Wal-Mart Shuts Movie Download Service, Offers SEM Services Instead
Foonz, The Deadpool Is Calling
PayPerPost Suspends Zookoda, Deadpool Looking Likely
Oh My God! Apple Killed Think Secret! Those Bastards!
VCs Push 3Guppies Into The Deadpool
CNET To Shutter Newsburst RSS Reader
AGLOCO Doesn’t Pay To Surf, Joins Deadpool
CompUSA Goes Into The DeadPool. Good.
Edgeio To Shut Down - In The DeadPool
Yahoo Drops MingleNow into Deadpool
Good News/Bad News For Startup Founder Cliff Shaw
Divshare To DeadPool
Brightspot.tv = DeadPool
Yak4Ever Takes Second (and Final) Dip into Deadpool
E*Trade Heading To The Deadpool?
Deadpool: Teqlo Finds Out That Mashups Don’t Make Money
Patent Monkey Joins Deadpool, Only To Rise Again as Patents.com
Yappd Didn’t Last Long. DeadPool.
Judy’s Book To Shut Down. Yelp Is The Last of The Local Review Sites Still Standing.
Yang Decides to Shut Down Yahoo 360—Nobody Notices
Snocap Drops 60% Of Staff And On The Market: Looking Good For The Deadpool
NetBank Joins The Deadpool
TellThem: MySpace Kills Another Startup
Who Wants to Buy a Virtual World?
37Signals Drives Another Company To The DeadPool
Time To DeadPool TailRank? You Decide.
Yahoo Bill Pay To Shut
Backfence Joins The Deadpool
NBBC Joins The Deadpool
Skinnyr Joins The TechCrunch Deadpool
German Twitter Clone Dukudu For Sale On eBay
Reality Bedding: “Too Visionary” and “Ahead of Its Time”
Click.TV Player Joins the Deadpool
Amp’d Mobile Implodes: Burns $360 million, Declares Bankruptcy
RSSCalendar Reaches The End Of The Road
Webjay Joins DeadPool, Yahoo Scores Hat Trick For May
AllFreeCalls Back From DeadPool, Free Calls Are Here Again
Yahoo Shutting Down Auctions - Second Service To DeadPool This Month
Breaking: Yahoo To Shut Down Yahoo Photos In Favor Of Flickr
Goodbye Froogle
SynapseLife Taking eBay Exit
Goodbye, Tello. Welcome to the DeadPool.
Yahoo Mixd Says “Peace Out” and Goes to DeadPool
Fonpods in DeadPool
AllFreeCalls Shut Down
FilmLoop Betrayed By Investors?
Performancing Descends Into Chaos - Shareholders Squabble Publicly
Performancing Heading to DeadPool
BitPass. DeadPool.
Findory Put On Life Support
Judy’s Book: Avoiding the DeadPool
Big Layoffs At Insider Pages
Browster in DeadPool
FilmLoop Dips Toes Into The DeadPool

(((Deadpool minnows.... Every once in a while, they pull in a real dead whale, though.)))

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/01/news-via-old-fashioned-means-put-on-deadpool-watch/

Link: News Via Old Fashioned Means Put On Deadpool Watch.

Survey results released by We Media/Zogby earlier this week show that more people turn to the internet for news than any other source.

The survey found that nearly half of all people in the United States (48%) cite the internet as their primary source of news and information, compared to 29% for television, 11% for radio, and a dismal 10% for newspapers. There was an age difference at the lower end, with only 7% of people aged 18-29 getting news from newspapers, vs 17% of those 65 and older. (((By "people" they mean "Americans." This may have made some sense back when Americans dominated the Internet. That was quite some time back.)))

67% of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch with what they want from their news. (((More likely they realize they're being methodically deceived by the media megacorps and their K Street allies, but, what the heck, same difference.)))

It should be noted that the survey did not break down the types of news sites respondents were reading online, so by no means do the results equate with the death of the mainstream media (ie they could well be reading mainstream media sites online). The figures do suggest that some forms of offline news reporting may well be headed to the Deadpool over the next 5-10 years, at least in the United States. It will be a long and slow death, but as newspapers and radio slump into lower and lower single figures, it’s a given that the presence of both will shrink; we’re already seeing massive across the board downsizing now in print media.

(in part via Reuters, image credit: Brian Solis)