WSJ/HBR: A Manufactured Long Tail Debate?

A friend of mine forwarded Lee Gomes's WSJ article questioning Chris Anderson's Long Tail theory, referencing a recent Harvard Business Review article by Anita Elberse.Setting aside Lee's original Long Tail skepticism, possibly because it suggested the blogosphere presented an opportunity to impact journalists at the head (e.g. WSJ columnists?); I emailed the following thoughts to my friend. This feels like an attempt by Anita to manufacture some Long Tail controversy to benefit her research/writing, much of her observations actually match what Chris suggested in The Long Tail.Did I miss something? Any thoughts? From: Dan Rua [mailto:dan@inflexionvc.com]Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:19 AMSubject: RE: Long Tail questioned Great article. I read Chris Anderson's response earlier this week. I felt he was overly gracious about... [read full story]