# Traditional Media Companies Fight The 'Lumbering Giant' Tag - Host: [gigaom.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/gigaom.com/) - Saved: April 29, 2008 (2008-04-30T00:19:30Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a7834b85ae10/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a7834b85ae10.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) Lumbering giants of the past or the prime innovators of the moment? That was the question moderator and EconSM conference editorial director Elizabeth Osder put to a panel of old media companies representing WSJ and its close relations, as well as Time Inc., Gannett (NYSE: GCI) and Martha Stewart. Upshot? While some collectively conceded to being somewhat lumbering in the past, thats not the case anymore. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [OpenID Marches On](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/967cfa8d3e83/) (gigaom.com, April 24, 2008) - [Amazon Now Serving OpenSolaris on EC2](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9498cad9331d/) (gigaom.com, May 5, 2008) - [Web 2.0, Please Meet Your Host, the Internet](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b0b2ef5c6c05/) (gigaom.com, May 7, 2008) - [WSJ Plans Closer Ties With London Times; May Offer Business Tools](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/cdaa01ad2a7d/) (gigaom.com, May 7, 2008) - [Minneapolis Star-Tribune Owner Avista Writes Down 75 Percent Of Investment; Falling Knife, Anyone?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/cdb8727fe628/) (gigaom.com, May 7, 2008) ## Saved the same week - [Dan Knutson](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/758ef9da94aa/) (danknutson.com, April 29, 2008) - [Mint Moves Into Investment Tracking](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6df2c46bfeb3/) (techcrunch.com, April 30, 2008) - [Ubuntu Server Upgrade to 8.04 Hardy Heron](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e2c873320771/) (hostingfu.com, April 30, 2008) - [Dev Blog: Upcoming WordCamps](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/85d995d672f5/) (wordpress.org, April 30, 2008) - [Zenbe: Next-Generation Webmail, With A Platform Twist](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e4cd3eb9bfb1/) (techcrunch.com, April 30, 2008) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://gigaom.com/2008/04/30/419-econsm-traditional-media-companies-fight-the-lumbering-giant-tag/