tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post5587909612418267697..comments2024-02-26T16:52:31.026+00:00Comments on Jon Slattery: Archant launches readers' community news siteJon Slatteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038317396308507738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-9007318730644193432012-01-18T21:41:48.697+00:002012-01-18T21:41:48.697+00:00“It’s not about replacing existing content" ...“It’s not about replacing existing content" Isn't it, and/or about replacing existing staff? At the same time Archant is planning to make 3 photographic staff redundant in Suffolk. It seems professional content will be replaced by citizen journalism.<br /><br />http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2012/news/photographers-face-axe-as-ugc-picture-site-launched/<br /><br />Beware also the labyrinthine terms and conditions on multiple web pages, which only offer contributors 33% on external sales, and take a perpetual non-exclusive licence after an exclusive period (which seems to vary even within the same T&Cs. Moreover contributors have to indemnify Archant:<br /><br />http://norfolk.iwitness24.co.uk/en/how-sell-photos-videos/terms-conditions.html<br /><br />http://norfolk.iwitness24.co.uk/en/how-sell-photos-videos/faq.html<br /><br />Not such a great deal, for staff or the public.Simon Chapmannoreply@blogger.com