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Jul 30 2009 written by Michael Biven with additional research by Lane Hartwell

In an interview done by Spiegel Online International (reprinted in Salon) with Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired about his new book, Mr. Anderson stated that he has no need for the traditional distribution methods of news.

In promoting his book Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Chris Anderson's use of Mainstream Media outnumbers New Media.

Jul 30 2009 written by Michael Biven with additional research by Lane Hartwell

In an interview done by Spiegel Online International (reprinted in Salon) with Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired about his new book, Mr. Anderson stated that he has no need for the traditional distribution methods of news.

"But the problem is not that the traditional way of writing articles isn't valuable anymore. The problem is that this is now in the minority. It used to be a monopoly, it used to be the only way to distribute news." - Chris Anderson

"So now that you don't need this access to a commercial channel to distribute (news), anyone can do it." - Chris Anderson

<p>Of the "anyone can do it" methods of distribution how many has Mr. Anderson used to promote his book by giving an interview? Keep in mind the numbers below are the results of a Google web search and a Google blog search for the title of the book and a second search for the title and the search term interview and then parsing through <em>several</em> pages to find articles that include only an original interview. The articles are listed below. </p>
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Of the 247,000 Google web results for "Free: The Future of a Radical Price",

and the 9,240 Google web results for "Free: The Future of a Radical Price" interview,

and the 9,413 Google Blog results "Free: The Future of a Radical Price",

and the 114 Google Blog results for "Free: The Future of a Radical Price" interview,

10 were actual interviews and only one was at a new media "anyone can do it" site.

(Search results from 07/29/2009)

Mainstream Media

Digital book free for a month, SFGate San Francisco Chronicle

The New Price Point? 'Free', NPR

Chris Anderson - ColbertNation, The Colbert Report

Chris Anderson | Borders Media, Borders Media

The demand for everything, Economist.com

The Gift Economist, The New York Times Magazine

An interview with The Long Tail's Chris Anderson on the meaning of free, Publishers Weekly

A conversation with Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine, The Charlie Rose Show

Maybe Media Will Be a Hobby Rather than a Job (Salon), Spiegel Online International

Chris Anderson: "There's nothing really wrong with the music industry", Times Online

New media

Chris Anderson Speaks for Free, Geek Entertainment Television


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