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>So why are we media folk so obsessed with the acquisition of a low-revenue blogging platform and so dismissive of an $11 billion combined revenue drug-maker? F
by hkmurakami 13y ago
>So why are we media folk so obsessed with the acquisition of a low-revenue blogging platform and so dismissive of an $11 billion combined revenue drug-maker? Four basic reasons:
Where's the "It'll get us pageviews!!!!" motive?
- rndmize 13y agoThe fourth point in the article?
- wmeredith 13y agoThe fourth point is specifically about them chasing pageviews: "4. We largely cater to people who spend part of their day on the web, consuming content. Not surprisingly, those people tend to have a particular interest in things that involve the web and web content. It's a huge built-in audience, and we reporters know that our bread is ultimately buttered by pageviews."
- hkmurakami 13y agoimo that's a really masked way of presenting things, since it turns "we're doing this for our bottom line!" into "we're doing it for you guys!"