Tech & Biz

How do YOU get news these days?

by biverson | September 24, 2007 at 07:21 pm

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Jeff Jarvis writes about this in the Guardian. Jay Rosen asked the question at YearlyKos,
Why should YOU be the editor? When I can search for the information I want, your answer to my search better be public, tagged and ready to roll out, or rather roll into my search queue. Tom Curley said this at Online News Association in 2005. If this is news to you, I bet you don't get your news from the Internet. I'm just guessing, but I bet you are a 40 something or older.

Google has been trying to convince media companies for years that if they made their archives available, they would make more money from advertising than from consumer fees - and they would improve their position and branding in Google searches, gaining yet more revenue.

because there is a new economy of content online that isn't built on scarcity and control but instead relies on the idea that content must be public and permanent to realise its value in the wider conversation.