Hypebot links a NYTimes blog that claims YahooMusic is entering the throes of restructuring: 

 “People briefed on the changes say Mr. Broady was asked to shrink his staff and that 80 to 100 people from Yahoo Music and other areas were reassigned…”

Yahoo was one of the first music browsing sites I can remember on the Internet.  It’s sad to think we could be losing the old crew…

Gerd’s blog links to an interesting article on “internet obsolescence”.  Anyone remember Friendster?  It was replaced by Myspace…which may be replaced by Secondlife or Facebook…who knows?  My point is that like so many other virtual malls, Yahoo must either connect to the bell curve of demand or be banished to the fringes.  Where does one go to find that magic fashion spot that every virtual artist wants to be in? 

I remember Jane Healy’s book “Endangered Minds” warned us about the internet’s effect on the mind.  After a brief search, I found this quote:

The computer software that’s being rushed into market is training kids to be attention deficit disordered. It’s training them to be impulsive, to have meager finger control because they’re just using a small part of their motor system. These are the hallmarks of attention deficit disorder.

Maybe this explains the market behavior of the internet clique…

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