The New York Times slogan of “all the news that’s fit to print” reflects a scarcity of knowledge and the need for an editorial filter, says Prof. Javier Zamora. The Encyclopedia Britannica, which has stopped publishing in book form after more than 250 years, cannot compete with the resources of Wikipedia which has 50 times more entries than the EB. What has happened is the cost of transaction – of search, coordination, transmission and storage – has been reduced to almost zero. “On the internet, all news is fit to print,” says Zamora.
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It’s true. We’re in a transformative era where information is readily available and traditional media and print authorities are finding it harder to broker and generate exclusive, pay worthy content.
All news are already in social networks such as primary sources, and reprints, but in the maximum amount. Sorry, that pushed other news sites, but can not get away from it.