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A difference between this curated magazine and other publishers that balk at putting content online for the reason you state is that the information used here b

A difference between this curated magazine and other publishers that balk at putting content online for the reason you state is that the information used here by HNM was already published by the time of print. Content is expensive, depreciates after publish time and the majority of its value is realized within moments of publication. Here the content (though here not design) is cheap and its co-branding with Hacker News is free. It's a great model for new business models that skirt content creation or bolt-on groups inside big publishers, but I don't think it's too valuable a comparison when dealing with publishers whose key differentiation is a particular editorial slant on content creation.

itmag 15y ago
Content is expensive, depreciates after publish time and the majority of its value is realized within moments of publication. I don't know if that's always true. I've never paid for an article and we only use 100% original content (ie was written for us first and foremost). Also, no one says the content has to depreciate. I just looked through some back issues, and there's lots of stuff I would want to (re-)read again. For example: Cyberpunk tribes: From networks to phyles Picking up girls with the 8 circuit model Self Development Ninja Style On the awesome meaninglessness of life Mind hacking: 3 ways to increase your intelligence How to not fail at New year’s resolutions The Hackerspace as bat-cave and lifestyle-lab How to arouse a woman Designing your life and living your dreams The Memory palace: A venerable technique for remembering historic dates, your shopping list and phone numbers of random girls You just gotta focus on timeless topics like, uh, personal development, ninjas, and picking up girls :p