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by shafqat 5998 days ago
We have explicit partnerships with a large percentage of our content providers. We also have partnerships with some for full text. We continue to reach out to more sources every day - we're not in the business of harvesting feeds without permission.

The whole idea is that we allow people to write, edit, curate and also aggregate content. A simple analogy would be HuffingtonPost. I realize people have strong opinions about HuffPo as well, but that's another debate.