Open APIs and News Organizations: A Study of Open Innovation in Online Journalism Tanja Aitamurto Stanford Seth C. Lewis University of International Symposium on Online Journalism; Austin, TX; April 1, 2011
the R&D problem for news organizations
open innovation open APIs
four leading cases: NPR New York Times Guardian USA Today
4 key benefits
(1) speed up internal / external product development
(2) find new revenue potential
(3) leverage the brand, drive traffic
(4) build a community of developers
challenges mostly internal (vs. external) more cultural than technological
takeaways: open innovation efficiencies ‘woven into the web’ ecosystem effects
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