Content Aggregation by Platforms: The Case of the News Media
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Content Aggregation by Platforms: The Case of the News Media
NET Institute Working Paper No. 11-18
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 13 Jun 2011
Last Revised: 20 Dec 2017
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Content Aggregation by Platforms: The Case of the News Media
NBER Working Paper No. w21404
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 27 Jul 2015
Last Revised: 27 Jun 2021
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Date Written: Winter 2017
Abstract
The digitization of content has led to the emergence of platforms that draw information from multiple sources. This paper investigates whether aggregation of content by a single platform encourages users to “skim” content or to investigate it in depth. We study a contract dispute that led a major aggregator to remove information from a major content provider. After the removal, users were less likely to investigate additional, related content in depth, particularly sources that were horizontally or vertically differentiated.
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Chiou, Lesley and Tucker, Catherine E., Content Aggregation by Platforms: The Case of the News Media (Winter 2017). Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 26, Issue 4, pp. 782-805, 2017, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3063671 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jems.12207
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