Anyone who’s following the development of Web 2.0 services has heard about the Web 2.0 Workgroup - a group of influential sites which are - each in its respective category - digging through the core of what’s new in Web 2.0 arena.

Now Media 2.0 Workgroup has launched, covering - as they say -” Radio, TV, Traditional Media Outlets, News, Entertainment, Movies, Music, Game Consoles“, as they “all have an opportunity to innovate by ‘getting social’, and each will be impacted by and contribute to the transformative effects of Media 2.0.”

You can find more information about the Media 2.0 Workgroup and what they’re about here.

Members of Media 2.0 Workgroup include Ben Metcalfe’s blog, Jeff Pulver’s blog, and several others.

As far as the name and the concept go, I must admit that I’ve personally never thought of the Web 2.0 phenomenon outside the boundaries of the Web. Yes, it incorporates other media, but, again, mostly through the web. Its short definition from the Workgroup is this: “Media 2.0 is a term used to describe the emerging social media industry.” Looking at it this way, it’s probably a subset, and not a superset of Web 2.0; however, it’s still an interesting topic to discuss. Social content, social news, and citizen journalism - all themes that are very frequently covered on this blog - are tied both to the traditional media and to the web, so I guess that pushing “Media 2.0″ as a concept does make sense.

In any case, I will be closely following the work of the Media 2.0 Workgroup, and you can, too, by using their combined feed in the form of an OPML file.

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