The NYT API: Newspaper as Platform
GigaOM, February 8, 2009
By Matthew Ingram
Amidst all the chatter about the newspaper industry in recent weeks, there's been very little discussion about something that has the potential to fundamentally change the way that newspapers function -- and that is the release of the New York Times' open API for news stories. The Times deserves kudos for pursuing such a open model rather than locking its articles up and trying to charge people for every view.
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