Re: [syndication] trouble at isyndicate?

[Julian Bond <julian@netmarketseurope.com>]

In article <LOBBKMJLGNGOEFFIOHKCMELFCLAA.editor@content-wire.com>, Paola
Di Maio <editor@content-wire.com> writes
>Lessons to be learned are probably the same as for other dot coms,
>
>what else?

Announcements that a company is changing it's business model from
providing a service or content to selling software are the kiss of death
and an early indication that it's going down the tubes. In old economy,
large technology houses the equivalent announcement was "We're focussing
on vertical niche markets". (A cynic writes...)

A discussion about how to make money from content syndication might not
go amiss here. There does seem to be a market for custom tailored news
feeds to corporates for use on intranet and internal research sites. The
chargeable added value is human categorization and editing.

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