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What Big Media Can Learn From The New York Public Library

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First Posted: 06/23/11 08:08 AM ET Updated: 08/23/11 06:12 AM ET

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The Atlantic:

With all this change -- not to mention a possible $40 million budget cut looming -- it would be no surprise if the library was floundering like the music industry, newspapers, or travel agents. (Hey, man, we all get disintermediated sooner or later.) But that's the wild thing. The library isn't floundering. Rather, it's flourishing, putting out some of the most innovative online projects in the country.

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