The national bike blog explosion

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Why niche media are taking over the media landscape, and how the bike niche is spread through five different types of web media.

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The national bike blogging explosion

Michael Andersennews editor, BikePortland.org

staff writer, The Green Lane Project

What's going onin the media?

Five kinds of bikey websites

Do bike media matter?

What's going onin the media?

The news continuumnews that matters

to MANYnews that matters

to a FEW

...a LITTLE ...a LOT

In general, the things I've seen really work online as startups have all been single-topic. It may just be Apple, or it might be laptops.

I think they do that for good business reasons, but they also do this from good community-building reasons. I don't have to explain to the audience of ArtsWatch who the hell Hamlet was and why that's a great play.

the main problem with local news(especially civic news)

Nobody cares

the main problem with local news(rephrased)

Everybody cares a little

What did a personcare about in 1953?

my personal family & friends

my personal family & friends

my personal family & friends

my personal job & career

my personal family & friends

my personal job & career

my personal garden

my personal family & friends

my personal job & career

my personal garden

my favorite sports team

my personal family & friends

my personal job & career

my personal garden

my favorite sports team

my city council

BUT

in 1953, profit =

VOLUME

What dideverybody in town

care about in 1953?

my city council

Everybody cares a little

my city council my city council

my city council

my city council

my city council

my city council

my city council

my city council

my city council

What's changed?What's changed?

1953 2013

What does a person care about in 2013?

my personal family & friends

my personal family & friends

my personal job & career

my personal family & friends

my personal job & career

my personal garden

my personal family & friends

my personal job & career

my personal garden

my favorite sports team

my personal family & friends

my personal job & career

my personal garden

my favorite sports team

my city council

my personal family & friends

my personal job & career

my personal garden

my favorite sports team

What's changed?What's changed?

1953 2013

my city council Not how much I care about things.

Nor the number of hours in my day.

my personal family & friends

my personal job & career

my personal garden

my favorite sports team

my city council But my available media options.

my personal family & friends

my personal job & career

my personal garden

my favorite sports team

my city council But my available media options.

This is important

Information is power

Information is power+

Information is power+

Niches create information

Information is power+

Niches create information=

Information is power+

Niches create information=

Niches become powerful

Five kinds of bikey websites

Social forums

Social forums

Lifestyle blogs

General bike news

General bike news

General bike news

Advocacy news

Advocacy news

Urbanism news

Urbanism news

Urbanism news

Urbanism news

Urbanism news

Do bike media matter?