Read Write Web has announced that the New York Times is launching its first API, for finance data. Close on its heels will be movie reviews.
RWW says it's a big deal and I totally agree. As we move from a world in which people seek out content and ideas in physical publications and places online to an environment where content and its presentation are shaped to the desires of the user, steps like this are a huge leap forward.
NYT is clearly recognizing that they are essentially a database of dynamic content rather than a tangible thing like a paper or a site. Ergo, their brand of content can be consumed in virtually limitless ways in the future.
I repeat, how cool is that!
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