Fragmentation of media Twitter is just the beginning of a wave of fragging media apart.
The fragmentation of media has also meant that there's no longer a well-defined central authority to rail against.
The further fragmentation of media may mean that many are questioning the need for a licence fee.
With the fragmentation of media, country has been available to New York fans in plenty of other ways.
"I would argue the fragmentation in media makes a place like Newsweek even more important," Mr. Meacham said.
The downside of the digital culture is the extreme fragmentation of media sites and the tendency for online communities to form echo chambers.
The increasingly global nature of the business, the fragmentation of media and technology and the ever-quickening pace make it all the more absorbing, he says.
Newsweek's editor, Jon Meacham, sounding admirably reflective at a moment of crisis, said, "I would argue the fragmentation in media makes a place like Newsweek even more important.
"We always come back to, we are not going to change the name because with the fragmentation of media, there's a real advantage of having that signpost," said Mr. Howe.
So even defining himself more sharply might not help Mr. Obama because the fragmentation of media and the quickened news cycle means any president has much less power to shape his own narrative.
