Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Programmable New York Times

I found this article yesterday on my favorite pop culture website Buzzfeed.

It is interesting that the New York Times is realizing who their new demographic will be and reaching out to them (us) in a way that we can relate. I personally don't read but a few articles in the Times because most of their articles are too in-depth for me. But imagine if only the articles you would be interested in show up in the margins of your blog, or in your Google searching. Or if the opposite happened, and the Times took a cue from your Twitter message or blog post about news that is happening or something spreading virally around the internet. It could mean a dumbing down of news, or it could mean news that is more relevant to its audience and therefore more likely to be read and passed along.

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