Good line! But in reality -- speaking as a former journalist and a founder of a new SF bay area startup that's in the same business -- news organizations have done this kind of thing forever.
One journalistic function is ingesting a tremendous amount of information, then filter it -- so people reading the WSJ's venture capital blog can bookmark it and read only articles that are relevant. A generation ago it might have been highlighting the best news stories in the trade press. Today it's subscribing to the Twitter feeds of dozens or hundreds of VCs (including Marc A.). Highlighting the best ones provides a valuable service.
Of course the HN-relevant question then becomes: can this be better done, or equally well done for less $$$, algorithmically. :)
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Good line! But in reality -- speaking as a former journalist and a founder of a new SF bay area startup that's in the same business -- news organizations have done this kind of thing forever.
One journalistic function is ingesting a tremendous amount of information, then filter it -- so people reading the WSJ's venture capital blog can bookmark it and read only articles that are relevant. A generation ago it might have been highlighting the best news stories in the trade press. Today it's subscribing to the Twitter feeds of dozens or hundreds of VCs (including Marc A.). Highlighting the best ones provides a valuable service.
Of course the HN-relevant question then becomes: can this be better done, or equally well done for less $$$, algorithmically. :)