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Tacanderson bookmarked on 2009-07-30 venturebeat journalism Arrington NYT
  • “If the top 50 journalists out of The New York Times walked out the door, raised $100 million from a hedge fund and started a site, it would be profitable.” Arrington said
  • The idea here is because that The Times has built up such an inefficient, old media infrastructure with astronomically higher costs, it would be better if the best writers started fresh
  • “We’ve always had a brand and we’ve always monetized the brand.

This link has been bookmarked by 1 people . It was first bookmarked on 30 Jul 2009, by Tac Anderson.

  • 30 Jul 09
    • “If the top 50 journalists out of The New York Times walked out the door, raised $100 million from a hedge fund and started a site, it would be profitable.” Arrington said
    • The idea here is because that The Times has built up such an inefficient, old media infrastructure with astronomically higher costs, it would be better if the best writers started fresh
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