One could spend all day debating the changes in media and publishing that are occurring due in large part to the Internet. Indeed, Know More Media exists because of the ability to access and publish content from expert authors all over the world. Other blogs are full-time on this topic of media disruption – Micropersuasion, Chartreuse, BuzzMachine, BelowTheFold, and Seth Godin are some of our favorites.

Most of this discussion has been centered on the creation of content. However, there is also a revolution occurring on the distribution of media. We have talked about this notion on this blog (we love Pez). Digital assets slash the cost of distribution and render control of access to the consumer. So consumers of media ultimately choose the media they want.  Think iTunes, on-demand movies and TIVO. Additionally, Newspaper subscriptions are falling as more consumers use RSS and other aggregators to obtain the news online and in a format they create.

I read recently in Newsweek about the Espresso Book Machine. It is simply Publishing-on-Demand.

Today, Know More Media, lends its support to Chartreuse and his efforts to get the straight scoop about potential human right violations and governmental abuses in New Orleans.  Besides having several authors within the Know More Media business blog network lend their written support to Chartreuse, we also offer the following:

• $500 to help with the video crew
• Post the completed  video on Know More Media and a number of the sites with in the network
• An offer to pay one of the video crew at our author pay scale to write daily posts about their trip, their interviews, their pictures, their observations, and publish it on NewOrleansTruth.com, a site we offer to put up and host to help tell the story.