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Content Aggregation: The Future of (B2B and Consumer) Media?

Webbiquity SMM

There is simply no cost-effective way for them to be on scene in every city, town, or village where the next big news story may break. Examples range from Google News and Yahoo! The cost of maintaining large news and content producing/gathering staffs is becoming more difficult to justify and monetize.

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What really ended EMAP’s golden days?

The Way of the Web

It’s no coincidence that at the time myself and other digitally-addicted colleagues were pushing for ideas like low cost digital launches based around teams of 2 or 3 and a blog-based platform, Mashable was being launched by the then 19-year-old Pete Cashmore (2005).