First they came for the musicians….

I wrote a little summary of talk I gave a while back for Mediabistro conference on ebooks. The talk was more about how professional publishing has to accept that 80% of them are now unnecessary, and that only the most passionate and qualified need remain.

This version ended up a little more about the perils of believing that everything journalistic can be handled effectively by well-meaning amateurs.

It's for something called Neiman Reports:

First they came for the musicians, and I did not...