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The relationship between old media and aggregators isn't so much parasitic as it is symbiotic. They both need each other. Aggregators need stories and old media
by mixmax 17y ago
The relationship between old media and aggregators isn't so much parasitic as it is symbiotic. They both need each other. Aggregators need stories and old media needs an audience for their articles. I've discovered a few old media sites through HN and Reddit that I now read regularly. If old media closes off their funnel of new readers where will they get their audience from?
- Tiktaalik 17y agoCan't they get their audience from the same methods they always have? Reputation? Advertising? Local expertise?
- travisjeffery 17y agoThere's a big difference between the two sites you listed and the type that Cuban listed and is referring to. Hacker News and Reddit both link directly to the actual source material and only show a title and a short description of the post. The Drudge Report doesn't do it as badly, but Newser actually rips off most/entire article on their site leaving no reason to go to the actual material. The only one benefiting from that relationship is Newser.
- joe_the_user 17y agoCuban's advocating blocking links from aggregators. He may mention newser but the strategy would 'work' again HN as well. This extremism seems silly - the sites could do click-through ads which generate revenue for any deep links, also a few lines code - and growing number of sites do this.