AOL’s recent acquisition of the Huffington Post for $315 million has centered a lot of attention on its content strategy — automating and standardizing content that attracts search-related advertising. While there are some clear benefits to this “content farm” approach to content, there are also significant disadvantages.
Last month at DLD in Munich, in front of top execs from investor Burda, Jason Calacanis offered a fairly staid explanation for the decision…
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has completed the integration of freelance aggregator Associated Content and is rebranding it the Yahoo Contributor Netwo…
For months, most of the attention on Yahoo’s content has been about the company’s efforts to expand its coverage and enhance its quality. No…
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is buying Associated Content for a price we’re hearing is between $90 million and $100 million reported $100 million-plus…
While Demand Media and AOL’s Seed get all the press, Associated Content has been around longer and is larger than either one, with 250,000 contributors and two million pieces of content. But CEO Patrick Keane denies that it is running a “virtual sweatshop” or “content farm.”
Former *CBS* Interactive and *Google* exec Patrick Keane will head up online publishing service Associated Content. Luke Beatty, Associated…
