This article is a pretty good illustration of what’s wrong with old media and why newspapers are failing.  The AP writes a piece naming their top 10 viral videos of the year.  It’s been syndicated in thousands of paper’s websites, like this Florida paper I’ve linked to.  Improv Everywhere is on the list for our Frozen Grand Central video.  I’ve seen this story on several different old media sites and not one of them has actually provided links to any of the videos on the list.  How can you post a story about the top 10 viral videos of the year and not link to the videos in question?  This particular story has tons of links, but they’re all internal links to the newspaper’s site.  Who is reading about my Grand Central video and thinking, “Hey, rather than seeing this video they are raving about, I’d really like to see some other articles my local Florida paper has written about the topic Grand Central Terminal!”  Absurd!