Goodbye to the scoop

Marketwatch columnist Jon Friedman laments the disappearance of the journalistic scoop. Remember when a reporter would revel in "beating" everybody else to a story? And when competitors had to scramble to "match" a scoop?But ego gratification aside, I have to wonder: How much do scoops still matter in the thick of the digital revolution? Not so much, I'm afraid. With the exception of a