A week or so ago, Chris Tiedje of the Sun-Sentinel defended his paper's practice of aggregating news content created by others instead of creating their own content.
Eric Suesz, a GetSatisfaction moderator chimed in:
We'd better hope so, because the morons at the Sun-Sentinel won't. And I'm not all that enthused about the Herald, either.
Many news providers aggregate content. Media organizations have done this since their inception with Reuters and AP, and it is becoming more prolific in this day and age as local papers struggle to survive.I pointed out that if everyone is aggregating, and no one is creating, we end up with nothing.
Eric Suesz, a GetSatisfaction moderator chimed in:
...perhaps the answer isn't that aggregating stories is bad, but that aggregating relevant stories is the key to success. Just my opinion as a former newspaperman.Well, two of the original news aggregators, AOL and Yahoo, have come to the same conclusions I have.
“Suddenly, a whole universe of talented writers were open to work with us,” says Moe. “This accelerated what we already had underway; it poured gas on how fast we could hire the best talent in every content category.” -Marty Moe, to bnet.comThis change of heart has led The Daily beast to ask "Can Yahoo Save the News?"
We'd better hope so, because the morons at the Sun-Sentinel won't. And I'm not all that enthused about the Herald, either.
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