I claimed that competition in news business is unfair - in favor of UGC. Existing companies cannot survive as they are now.
UGC: no org, no cost structures, driven by personal interest, volunteering, looking constantly for new biz models, ultra local/ultra targeting, always someone in place, no obligation for neutrality/source critique, spreads like hell, expert on micro level, capability to adapt to constant extremization (is that a word) of content, language of the day, technical flexibility
New biz companies: Organizations/hierarchy, cost structures, job/salary/interest, working hours, fixed biz models, serving all, send a pro on site, responsibility for correctness, pro in macro level, journalistic principles dictate borders for content's groovyness, good language, IT systems...
This was 3 years ago, and now I feel that many news companies have taken the wrong pieces from UGC to compete in the world.
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