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The thing I've found most interesting is this guy has found success by whining about how little he's selling. This has to be the third or fourth separate news
by xienze 11y ago
The thing I've found most interesting is this guy has found success by whining about how little he's selling. This has to be the third or fourth separate news source where I've seen this story run.
- aaronbrethorst 11y agoI think that's an unfair characterization of the situation. Sam hasn't mentioned it since it happened. News outlets keep picking up the story because it's about Apple (hot topic), app stores (hot topic), and what most people would assume would be a source of obscene wealth (trending at the top of the chart). But, it's a man bites dog story! The outcome defies typical logic, and so news websites keep running the story.
- larrys 11y ago"News outlets keep picking up the story" If a story is in syndication and "evergreen" in nature it could run on it's own for quite some time. [1] Doing a google search for this particular article it's clear what has happened (although the results are mainly it appears around May 2015) [1] I was featured in a story in the late 90's and could tell every time it hit a new town newspaper because orders would predictably come in from the new area. It all started with a story from the local paper and that was then distributed (Knight Ridder iirc) for any paper anywhere in the US to pick up. In this particular case it did translate into real dollars as well as many years of repeat business.