The report concluded that the site's strengths are that it is well written, has strong design and navigability, vibrant content and is "trusted, balanced and networked with other commentators and partners".
And as the founder Jonah Peretti put it in a memo to staff, it's reaching an important audience: "The world needs sustainable, profitable, vibrant content companies staffed by dedicated professionals; especially content for people that grew up on the web, whose entertainment and news interests are largely neglected by television and newspapers".
Although it is hard to imagine, if we are unable to evolve the current approach, and move from a mindset of monetizing content to providing compensation choice, then the internet that we have come to know, with its vibrant, content-rich ecosystem where digital publishers can fund their content development efforts, is most certainly at risk.
In the same way that AT&T, BT and their peers have fought to avoid being turned into "dumb pipes" delivering the vibrant internet's content, unbundled banks may find themselves becoming "dumb stores of value", funnelling money to more glamorous fintech products.Bankers are well aware of this.
For one reason: the vibrant and unique contents of Japanese manga fit into their cultural and societal needs.
"What we are seeing is a sorting-out period as a new, very vibrant market for book content begins to develop with multiple platforms, multiple formats and multiple retailers," said David Steinberger, the chief executive of the Perseus Books Group.
At the moment, it's difficult to fully appreciate these vibrant screens because the content makers haven't yet widely adopted the new gamut, but that hurdle will fall soon, too.
I've been in and out of a lot of schools in the past few years and there are tons of classrooms in which students are interested, the content is vibrant, and the instruction is dynamic.
LinkedIn's quest to be a vibrant platform for business content and discussions will face a new challenge.
In 2004, then Republican Chairman Michael Powell publicly warned broadband companies not to interfere with the vibrant, free markets for Internet content, applications, and services.
It can be the difference between an empty feed and low retention, and a vibrant, addictive feed teeming with content from people you care about.
