If there's anyone who has an interesting perspective on the new news model, it's Chris Tolles, CEO of Topix. According to Chris, 85% of Topix's content is commentary. Topix generates about 115,000 comments per day, which equates to about 20 pageviews per comment, according to Chris (who's video pitch for Topix is on display with this post). On Tuesday morning, I'll be moderating a panel, at AlwaysOn's OnHollywood conference, focusing on the new news models across the Web. Chris will be on my panel as will Dan Farber, Editor in Chief at CNet, Alan Citron of TMZ and Pete Vlastelica of Yardbarker. It should be fun as Drew Curtis is going to warm up the crowd with a "Not news ... [ Read more ]