Justin Paterno offers a reader’s perspective on getting timely information from knowledgeable sources, that helps explain why magazine sales face significant challenges from the Internet:
For many years, Inc. Magazine was the place to go for information and articles for entrepreneurs and those working in early-stage companies. As someone working in the early-stage web space, each month I would look forward to the next issue and spend the day reading it cover-to-cover. Then everything changed. Many VC’s and entrepreneurs began popping up with their own blogs. Aggregators/Curators like Hacker News and Silicon Alley Insider popped up providing people with fast and wide distribution, and all of a sudden I didn’t have to wait each month to get this information from Inc.
