Whose News Is It Anyway?
Michael Arrington looks at the new customizable homepage of NewsvVine.com, with the following prediction: “I wouldn’t be surprised to see the New York Times, USA Today and other sites allow users to...
View ArticleIs ‘Search’ Killing Serendipity?
So what are we losing in an age of personal media and search? In an age where aggregation and social networks threaten to replace the human editor? An experience last weekend made me ask myself this...
View ArticleThe Disaggregation and Aggregation of News Media
Scott Karp looks at two sides of a debate between two Web 2.0 gurus, regarding the value of bundling and aggregating content. Their examples focus on the idea of whether an “album” of music is a...
View ArticleWSJ, NYT, CNN, TIME Add Aggregation to their Websites
Scott Karp reports that many traditional media brands are adding aggregated third-party content to their sites, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time and CNN. Scott’s reasoning:...
View ArticleJournalist as Aggregator
Wired profiles Nicole Lapin, host of CNN.com Live Video, the network’s 24-hour online news service. On her role as a journalist: “As an anchor in this new medium, what I do is a combination of...
View ArticleAre Single Topic Editors the Answer to Information Overload?
Nick Bradbury has a short but interesting post on how to deal with the glut of information that is burying us all, especially users of RSS feed readers. For a B2B media company, it is especially...
View ArticleThe Ubiquity of Information Kills Paid Content
Two interesting stories on how the ubiquity of information on the web is making it very challenging for traditional publishers to differentiate their content from the competition. 27/7 Wall Street...
View ArticleThe Ease of Aggregation: A Threat to Resource Heavy Publishers
Laurent Haug has a really interesting post that explains how to maintain an effective online existence with very little effort. What is fascinating is how easy it is to create a site with frequently...
View ArticleNY Times: Content Aggregator
Scott Karp comments on the new “technology headlines from around the web” content in the New York Times technology section: “The New York Times joins what I expect will be a rapidly expanding list of...
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Aggregation: The Portability of Content on the Web
Aggregation. In some ways, a threat to any media brand; In other ways, a huge opportunitiy. Let’s take a look at what it is, why it is, who it is. Don’t expect any of this to make sense. For our...
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