Craig Silverman has posted his year-end wrapup: Crunks ’05 – The Year in Media Errors and Corrections. You can also listen to Craig on The Current today.

Evil Genius, deconstructs the ‘public will never go for amateur stuff’ argument that broadcasters (even public or community broadcasters) always trot out in response to citizen-originating media. The post responds to a guest piece by Stephen Hill in Steve Gillmor’s column.

has written an interesting post about the Video IPod and offering TV content for $2: How Bob Iger Saved Network TV. I think he’s right on the money with a lot of his analysis.

I think what people have to realize is that no single format can or will dominate – just as old media can and do coexist with new media, new formats don’t necessarily displace old formats. Rather, they all readjust to a new balance. DVD versions of TV seasons, for instance, won’t displace the syndication of TV series’ – I think they can easily co-exist. The target market for them is different. Until the Tivo, TV was always about scheduling AND serendipity – viewers who just happen upon a show. So the DVD addresses one market – people who know a series well enough to know all of the episodes and want to choose a specific one to watch in the future (a few months after the whole season has already aired). Syndication – that’s for people who just click through to see what’s on. VIpod clearly has a place – and a non-cannibalizing place – in the mix.

that the NYTimes Select business was ill-advised and short-sighted, the problems Laura Rozen notes in her War and Piece post would put things over the edge. Clue to the NYTimes: if you’re going to do something as business-changing as this, at least do it well.