"It's neither illegal nor unethical for a private entity to invest money and manpower to compile <news articles>, to release it in a staggered fashion..." etc.

"It's neither illegal nor unethical for a private entity to invest money and manpower to compile <news articles>, to release it in a staggered fashion..." etc. Actually, it is illegal to manipulate markets through selective disclosure. People have gone to jail for trading off of pre-published news articles. Not sure what your point is, if you consider data market moving, its news.