AFP goes backwards shuts off RSS feeds(blog.newscred.com)
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AFP goes backwards shuts off RSS feeds
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What about the distinction between personal (google reader) and commercial usage. I think that was the point the author was trying to make. Individuals aren't going to pay thousands in lincense fees for their personal reading. But there are benfits for AFP to give away (snippets only) for free - they can monetize the traffic, drive brand awareness etc. But I guess they didn't want the traffic.
Wire news is extravagantly expensive. The amount they could make from ads on feeds is going to be a pittance in comparison.
Sure, once the big cash cow newspapers die they'll have to have a rethink, but there are going to be bigger problems with news creation when that day actually arrives.
Sure, once the big cash cow newspapers die they'll have to have a rethink, but there are going to be bigger problems with news creation when that day actually arrives.
RSS is just one of those things where no media person thinking in a pre-internet world will ever understand; giving your content away, with few ways of monetizing the readers?! Preposterous!
When you're selling the same content to others, perhaps it doesn't make much sense, especially when these others repurpose this content into RSS feeds with their own advertisments.
All the arguments for this change just makes me think: why did they have the service in the first place?
If Bloomberg had ever been insane enough to provide live data over RSS, would it also be a "step backward" for them to come to their senses?