Monthly Archives: June 2009

The media industry is locked in a struggle akin to the legendary competition between John Henry and the steam drill. If online upstarts such as The Huffington Post are the steam drill, the part of John Henry is played by the tired media behemoths of old: The New York Times, National Public Radio, and even, it seems, CNN. In our hearts, most of us want John Henry to win, but none of us expects him to survive the struggle. None of us, that is, except John Henry.