Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by pessimizer 2570 days ago
It's definitely a content farm; I suppose the other two accusations depend on one's personal definitions.

"The production process was simple. During a day shift—8 a.m. to about 6 p.m—four news editors stationed together near Clarke's desk assigned stories to reporters from a continually updated list of other publications' articles, to which I did not have access. Throughout the day, they would monitor the website's traffic to determine what was getting clicked on and what to remove from the homepage."

from: My Year Ripping Off the Web With the Daily Mail Online @ http://tktk.gawker.com/my-year-ripping-off-the-web-with-the-...

https://www.ithenticate.com/plagiarism-detection-blog/daily-...

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/09/news-corp-accu...