In the new environment, Google
News is for the moment better funded and enjoys a more secure future
than most of the rather small number of fine reporters around the
world who ultimately create most of its content. The aggregator is
richer than the aggregated.
The
question of new business models for content creators on the Internet
is a profound and difficult topic in itself, but it must at least
be pointed out that writing professionally and well takes time
and that most authors need to be paid to take that time. In this
regard, blogging is not writing. For example, it's easy to be loved
as a blogger. All you have to do is play to the crowd. Or you can
flame the crowd to get attention. Nothing is wrong with either
of those activities. What I think of as real writing, however,
writing meant to last, is something else. It involves articulating
a perspective that is not just reactive to yesterday's moves
in a conversation.
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