27 Nov 2011

In short, micro-pub is a combination of old fashioned newsletter, blog and a directory service, managed by one to ten people. This is a model which is sustainable and perhaps makes more sense than some of the idiotic models proposed by hype meisters of the dot-com era.

Interesting read from Om Malik. For those interested in a niche covered by a micropub the value is tremendous — PaidContent is my go-to source for media/publishing news.

And, according to Om, PaidContent founder Rafat Ali is making more off it than he did as a journalist.

The Dawn of the MicroPubs — Tech News and Analysis