Tech Blogs Booming, Silicon Valley Media is Bursting

Silicon Valley is booming again. But if you work in tech media (Red Herring, CNET, Business 2.0, PC Magazine), there’s blood on the floor - reason is blogs. It takes fewer resources for blogs to crank out content than it does print titles.

Web sites such as GigaOm, TechCrunch and Valleywag–with a few laptops, a web server and some hustle–are crowding into beats once dominated by trade publications and enthusiast magazines who rely on printing presses and full-time writers and editors. Bottom line: A successful blog can simply grab more readers, per employee, than more traditional media. Link