Nick Bergus » competition http://nbergus.com Thoughts on what media do, and can do better, and other things Mon, 14 May 2012 16:03:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Competition in the link economy http://nbergus.com/2008/09/competition-in-the-link-economy/ http://nbergus.com/2008/09/competition-in-the-link-economy/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:19:52 +0000 nbergus http://nbergus.com/?p=110 More on this later, but this is a great example of operating in the so-called “link economy” by recognizing that more can be made from becoming a reliable source of information by linking to stories from others (even your competitors) than by producing your own duplicate version.

First came this:

Then came this:

Yes, that is the Chicago Tribune retweeting the hated the Chicago Sun-Times. And and for breaking news. The Drudge Report has $56 million in revenue mainly because it links. Think about that.

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