Tech Aggregator Techmeme gets Human Editor
Hmm. Automated tech news aggregator Techmeme is about to become slightly less automated. Venture Beat reports that a veteran tech journo will now rearrange and generally improve the results coming out of the aggregation algorithm. Techcrunch argues that the inclusion of a human undermines the site’s objectivity (oh, so ironically, given how obsessed we journos can be about our “objectivity”), and that a pure algorithm solution is better.
But I don’t think that’s the significant issue for journalists. This is a high traffic tech news site – run by one editorial person.
The game: it is a’changing.
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Some Good Reading About The Future of News Paid Members Public
Good stuff I’ve read recently, haven’t linked to yet, but don’t have much to add to right now: * The Nichepaper Manifesto [http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/07/the_nichepaper_manifesto.html] – an articulate and well argued guide to how niche publishing might looks going forwards. * Media