I'm interested in the state of journalism, too, and in how it's affected by social media. Jon Stewart is still on top of it, and the pair of disaffected journalists on YouTube's Breaking Points call out the hypocrisies well. Jay Rosen's criticism of the Cult of the Savvy is intriguing.

I'm pretty sure the new technologies are in the process of altering various social dimensions. Specifically, many middlemen are becoming obsolete.

Having talent in any of the arts isn't sufficient for succeeding on the business side. A talented artist also has to get lucky or be skilled in business too. And as I've written, artistic and business talents seem to clash.