The siren song of Internet companies

As traditional news media have declined, social media and other digital outlets are beefing up their in-house content creation. Lucia Moses writes that the results have been a mixed bag. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr have already backtracked on plans to create their own content: "When platforms create homegrown content, they essentially become competitors with the very publishers they’re also trying to get to freely post content on the same platform."

December 3, 2014

ADVERTISEMENT
BWF Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants

ADVERTISEMENT
EurekAlert! Travel Awards

ADVERTISEMENT
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications