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Title:

Newspapers vs. Content Aggregators: Fight Night!

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Organizer:
Matt Cohen, OneSpot
Description:
In the red corner, boasting over 200 years of experience and $38 Billion yearly revenue: the newspaper industry. In the blue corner, the rookie packing a major punch: the content aggregator. Called the “tech tapeworms” of the Internet, content aggregators have become the frienemies of newspapers. Round 1… Fight!
Questions
Answered:
  1. What is “content aggregation”?
  2. Why do newspapers dislike content aggregators?
  3. Why do newspapers need content aggregators?
  4. Do content aggregators need newspapers to survive?
  5. Fair use: what constitutes as just ‘linking to’ versus ‘parasitic’ infringement?
  6. What does the new symbiotic business model look like?
  7. Who should be paying who: content aggregators for content or newspapers for offsite promotion?
  8. How does content aggregation help large and small publishers tap into the long tail?
  9. What does the NYT and Blogrunner relationship look like pre- and post-acquisition?
  10. Why can’t we all just get along?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Blogging, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Content, Licensing / Fair Use / Copyright, Other / Out There
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
CK Thurber
on 17/8/09
We all recall the famous battle between newspapers and content aggregators: what started as a "tech tapeworm" shot heard around the world is still going on today. Matt Cohen, CEO of OneSpot, is organizing this mediation/confrontation/battle between the heavyweights; as CEO and founder of OneSpot, Cohen has worked many years working in software companies and the publishing industry (in the 1980s, he registered the first newspaper domain for the Houston Chronicle), and OneSpot is a provider of content aggregation services to major publishers (WSJ, Chron.com, SFGate); he can see the benefits of content aggregation for both sides. This panel will also invite Guy Kawasaki – Alltop, Tony Conrad – CEO, Sphere, and senior representatives at NewsCorp, NY Times, and Google (the original 'tech tapeworm').
Ilya Grigorik
on 17/8/09
Looking forward to this one.
Anne Gentle
on 2/9/09
This looks like a great session - with the potential for entertaining debate.
CK Thurber
on 3/9/09
That's what we are hoping for: Education, interesting discussion, and loads of entertainment! Thanks for voting!
Free Games
on 2/11/09
I voted for you on this one as well!
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on 7/11/09
Love it! Look forward to seeing this in the mix of options when I arrive in Austin!
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