Germane in light of yesterday's layoffs at the Star-T. According to Forbes, you're a dinosaur if you're in:

• bowling alleys



• music publishing



• laundry services



• beer production



• wired telecoms



• arcades and entertainment complexes



• tobacco farming



• newspaper publishing



• videotape and dvd rental



• footwear manufacturing

Should we add TV broadcasting to the list?

Particularly unsettling to notice in the recent national wave of media layoffs is that the Interweb elves, who are supposed to be "the future," are starting to be included. As an industry, have we hit the dregs of the seed corn?

I like where we sit now, as a pure-play inside a good, not-highly-leveraged company. But these are volatile times indeed. Strap in folks-- I think the coaster car carrying the media business just crested the last big hill.

(Hat tip to Greg Sterling.)