j's scratchpad

One of my news library colleagues brought Dan Gillmor’s comments about news archives to my attention via Newslib. (Thanks for sharing!) He presents several arguments about why news archives could benefit from being open and free instead of locked down by retrieval fees. Advertising revenue might increase because the number of site visitors will certainly increase. Journalists’ work will become much more visible. Allowing permanent URLs for articles people, like bloggers, can link to becomes important for a community’s history and site traffic and thus, advertising revenue. It could also attract potential subscribers, which I don’t think Gillmor mentions.

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