Hebrew comments seem to get messed up so I'll write in english:

Blogs didn't take traditional media out of the game?

Once, in order to keep up do date with tech news, I had to subscribe to PC Magazine and Wired (and Zombit? ;)).

Today I have TechMeme and my Google Reader...

I get more information, in real-time, and customized to my needs and interests.

I don't even read the newspaper anymore because I have YNET - easier to access and more up to date.

Traditional media has to go online. period. Like Yediot did with YNET - you get news and articles in real time with the opportunity to engagde (the notorious talkback, or even write an article and home it gets published) and its free. How can you compete with that?

With application like Microsoft's Times Reader and amazon's Kindle, the end of the printed media is near...

So, why do we still have a printed newspaper?

Because my mom hasn't got a clue as to what RSS is. However, she already learned to use Skype and Messenger and recently got on Facebook - to track all her son's updates (I guess she's a pretty advanced mom, isn't she? ;))

She'll switch to online reading too eventually (and with the right motive).

And Dad? he already prefers the online version of Globes to that weird colored paper that used to arrive every night to our mailbox.

That's progress :)

Ariel, what I said was that live blogging isn't interesting in most cases.

Surely you're not comparing Scoble going around interviewing people at Davod, and bloggers covering announcements and keynotes to live blogging from some lecture or class right?

While at important events and keynotes one would be interested in live updates from the floor because that's what the event is about (live updates) on some guys lecture no one cares what he did 10 minutes ago and what he's doing now - but the topic as a summary is interesting.