In InfoWorld chief technologist Tom Yager’s column today, he writes of the Net’s great expectations to replace traditional media, concluding: “The Internet is the right vehicle for carrying information to the masses, but traditional media, as technologically backward and restrictive as it is, can’t die out until the masses value immediacy and interactivity to the point of need, and everyone can get access to the Net for the price of a subscription to the local paper.”Well, hang on a sec. The really big stories I see still come from near day-long reporting for the big dailies. Immediacy is nifty, but quality reporting takes time. Tom says he reads newsweeklies, apparently finding them of high value. I think dailies serve the same function to the immediate-Web as weeklies do for the more-immediate dailies. In other words, they need each other. Let’s hope that never dies. My rant is over. What do you think about where online fits in the media landscape: Replacement in wait, or additional source? Technology Industry