Newspapers and OPen APIs( NP as a Platform ?)

There is a huge transformation happening in the newspaper industry. We all have seen how the newspapers that used to cost nearly 5/- now cost 1/- or 2/-. Ofcourse, here am talking about the newspaper industry in India.There is a transformation happening globally as well and this industry is gearing itself up
towards the changes happening.

One of the recent announcenments was that of New York Times ( NYT ) opening up its API's for the development community. It might seem puzzling to us as to why a newspaper company is aligning itself with the software industry. Well, its gearing itself in the
new circumstances.

Just today, we also hear about Guardian opening up its API's. We are about to see a new business model arise from these happenings, which if I may call NP as a Platform (NPP ). It can lead to a lot
of interesting business models and thoughts. More on the interesting thoughts in an another blog..