With mobile, the balance of power today is tipping toward orbital content, where people are actively or passively saving to platforms such as Instapaper and Flipboard to consume on any device at the time of their chosing. The shift is being reinforced by platforms like Qwiki that enhance existing content.
For Washington Post news aggregation site Trove to become a winner, it has to push aggressively beyond its newspaper roots to become an open platform that adds value through the user experience, not just through the 10,000 content sources it currently offers. Meanwhile enjoy its Taiwanese video treatment.
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