The hot news doctrine, created a century ago to prevent telegraphy spoiling the prospects of East coast newspapers, is having a resurgence in the digital era. It's just been used to squash publications by financial news aggregator websites.
There's a fascinating piece explaining this news over at MediaShift--centering on the federal district ruling from May 18th, Barclays Capital Inc. versus TheFlyOnTheWall.com, that forbids the financial news aggregator website from broadcasting daily stock...
Published on June 16, 2010 08:16