AUDIO: Tom Evslin on networks and newspapers

The Internet elevates the network to a premier business-strategy position. If a new service can bring together millions of users with millions of products, the efficiency of the public Internet makes large-scale commerce possible at low incremental cost. But how do you build a network from scratch? Tom Evslin worked at Microsoft Corp., started AT&T's pioneering WorldNet network, and then ran and sold for millions a voice-over-IP telephony company. Now living in Vermont, Evslin joined "Blueprinting the Information Valet Economy via Skype on Dec. 4, 2008 at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo.to explain why the newspaper industry may have a shot at being the next big network. Click on the carat to the left of the bar below to launch an audio stream, or download an MP3 podcast for offline listening. (19 minutes, 4 seconds / File Size:
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