You are right about the community, but many articles submitted to HN and many comments are also valuable in and of itself... it all depends on how he will execu

You are right about the community, but many articles submitted to HN and many comments are also valuable in and of itself... it all depends on how he will execute the editorial part. What I am surprised about is when he says that he obtained permission for at least 50% of articles to be reprinted in his Monthly (if I understand it correctly). So some professional journalist or blogger toils for days to produce some article, and then just allow someone to reprint it without compensation? Moreover, if the article was printed in some commercial media like NYT, shouldn't also NYT grant the permission?