http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/technology/15pulse.html
This story is very close to my heart because it involves my brother-in-law, Akshay Kothari. He co-built an app for ipad which became top selling app and was featured by Steve Jobs in his conference. New York Times had got into a controversy with the app builders with the argument that Pulse (name of the app)-a news reader- featured it among other news sources without its permission which apparently drove traffic away from its website. As the app is an RSS reader it is totally valid to feature anything in public domain including nytimes. Pulse's supporters voiced against nytimes and ultimately Pulse was back on Apple products.
I was surprised to find hints of this story within the linked story which reaffirms a positive win of journalism- to exclude its management from editorial side!
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