Editing is not becoming a commodity

Posted on July 30, 2008
Filed Under All, Weblogging, Context |

Last April, Linda sent me a link to Sara Perez’ post “Content is becoming a Commodity” on ReadWriteWeb which focuses on the problem that modern bloggers have hanging on to their words and other content. I’ve finally finished an 800-word piece in response (though some kinks and bugs may need a revisiting.) Content has always been a commodity, editing, however, is a different story…

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4 Responses to “Editing is not becoming a commodity”

  1. Paul D. Waite on July 30th, 2008 12:56 pm

    Nice one. Bang on, I’d say.

  2. Anonymous on July 30th, 2008 1:06 pm

    Personal experience still defies convention. Thousands of blogs copying virtually no content. If you want original content, you have to pay for it, making the content creator seem like the value & the editor seem like the commodity. It probably depends on the content. Don’t look for Van Cliburn rips if everyone’s listening to Stevie Wonder.

    Now more than ever, you have to stick with the group to get the content. In the past, we did our own thing because all content was the same price. Nowadays we think more like a group because that content is free.

  3. cg on July 30th, 2008 4:47 pm

    Paul - thanks, kind words…

    Anonymous - I think there’s a kernel of a thought there… please feel free to expand and explain that a bit more…

  4. Mary Bartlett on August 11th, 2008 8:48 am

    chris: just catching up on your good writing. Kepp it coming!
    Love,
    mary

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