Comments on: A new fighting spirit, or a New Century Network? http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/a-new-fighting-spirit-or-a-new-century-network/ A collaborative effort to figure out the future of journalism. A project of Harvard University. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:39:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Don’t forget: A few news orgs would still like to make aggregation opt-in » Nieman Journalism Lab http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/a-new-fighting-spirit-or-a-new-century-network/comment-page-1/#comment-92753 Don’t forget: A few news orgs would still like to make aggregation opt-in » Nieman Journalism Lab Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:01:43 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3682#comment-92753 [...] conversation about the economics of online journalism. Lab headlines from the time include “A new fighting spirit, or a New Century Network?” (about Dean Singleton’s speech to the AP threatening to crack down on unauthorized [...] [...] conversation about the economics of online journalism. Lab headlines from the time include “A new fighting spirit, or a New Century Network?” (about Dean Singleton’s speech to the AP threatening to crack down on unauthorized [...]

]]> By: The Game Is About to Change « Predicate, LLC | Editorial + Content Strategy http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/a-new-fighting-spirit-or-a-new-century-network/comment-page-1/#comment-57226 The Game Is About to Change « Predicate, LLC | Editorial + Content Strategy Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:52:12 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3682#comment-57226 [...] Whether the current feistiness among publishers translates to smart moves or just a new, more modern bunker mentality for yet another new century remains to be seen. But one thing is almost certain: the game is about to change in a big way.via A new fighting spirit, or a New Century Network? » Nieman Journalism Lab [...] [...] Whether the current feistiness among publishers translates to smart moves or just a new, more modern bunker mentality for yet another new century remains to be seen. But one thing is almost certain: the game is about to change in a big way.via A new fighting spirit, or a New Century Network? » Nieman Journalism Lab [...]

]]> By: Jeffrey McManus http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/a-new-fighting-spirit-or-a-new-century-network/comment-page-1/#comment-11789 Jeffrey McManus Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:29:15 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=3682#comment-11789 Danny Sullivan correctly points out that if the AP or the newspapers didn't want Google "stealing" their content, they have a very straightforward way of shutting it off. They could do this at any time, through a simple edit to a single file (called robots.txt) on their web servers. Make this change, and your newspaper is out of Google. They've been able to do this since the beginning of time. The fact that they don't indicates that there is something more complicated at work here than mere "theft" -- it's more akin to symbiosis, which is something that the typical content duopolist is unaccustomed to. http://daggle.com/090406-225638.html Danny Sullivan correctly points out that if the AP or the newspapers didn’t want Google “stealing” their content, they have a very straightforward way of shutting it off. They could do this at any time, through a simple edit to a single file (called robots.txt) on their web servers. Make this change, and your newspaper is out of Google.

They’ve been able to do this since the beginning of time. The fact that they don’t indicates that there is something more complicated at work here than mere “theft” — it’s more akin to symbiosis, which is something that the typical content duopolist is unaccustomed to.

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