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Weird that the proposed solution is to make newspapers write better news. What prevents this from being copied over and over again by web-based news outlets, th
by appleflaxen 11y ago
Weird that the proposed solution is to make newspapers write better news. What prevents this from being copied over and over again by web-based news outlets, thus destroying their ability to generate revenue?
- CM30 11y agoNothing. That's why news is basically valueless now, because any new story immediately spreads across the internet and becomes available to read for free. It's also why a lot of these 'opinion' articles are being written. Because there's a clear 'original' copy that will never quite be matched by the imitators.
- crispyambulance 11y agoClay Shirky has an interesting essay about exactly this topic (http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/ http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking.... "Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism."