When Tina Brown announced that she would leave The Daily Beast, she reported that she would begin to organize conferences.  Re/Code, a tech news site run by two veteran reporters from the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post was launched with backing from NBC Universal among others.  They also have a conference company, Code Conference, which is charging $6,500 a person for their upcoming conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca. Do people still want (and need) to interface live?  Is some combination of ether and live talk the answer to delivering news?