The 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 updated niche-focused content, with a small amount of effort from a few people – none of whose primary focus is the… Continue reading The Ease of Aggregation: A Threat to Resource Heavy Publishers

The 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 comments on how Portfolio, the new magazine from Conde Nast, is having a hard time offering anything timely or unique on their website: “Why would… Continue reading The Ubiquity of Information Kills Paid Content

Are 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 interesting: “In my case, part of my “feed weeding” involves getting rid of a bunch of single-topic feeds, then… Continue reading Are Single Topic Editors the Answer to Information Overload?

Journalist 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 traditional reporting and pointing people to where they can find the story told best.” “What [citizen journalists] do can be… Continue reading Journalist as Aggregator

WSJ, 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: “Linking to other media companies’ content used to be unthinkable for traditional media brands, but attitudes have changed after Google made $10 billion in advertising by… Continue reading WSJ, NYT, CNN, TIME Add Aggregation to their Websites

The 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 natural way to bundle songs, and Scott brings that discussion over to newspapers. His conclusion: “Disaggregation — taking apart… Continue reading The Disaggregation and Aggregation of News Media

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 create their own version of the newspaper, possibly even allowing outside RSS feeds in, in the next year or so. This builds intense… Continue reading Whose News Is It Anyway?