Open innovation in digital journalism: Examining the impact of Open APIs at four news organizations

Tanja Aitamurto, Seth C. Lewis · 2012 · New Media & Society

Summary. Four major news organizations—The New York Times, The Guardian, USA Today, and NPR—adopted Open APIs to embrace open innovation principles. This shift accelerated research and development through collaboration with web developers, created new revenue streams by expanding their product offerings, and built innovation networks that acted as external R&D teams. The organizations continuously balanced openness with control to manage their intellectual property while benefiting from external innovation.

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DOI

10.1177/1461444812450682

Countries

United States, United Kingdom

Regions

North America, Europe

Categories

broadband-and-digital, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28