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		loganfrederick on Feb 6, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TechCrunch Intern Admits To Asking For Compensatio... Time. The world receives the knowledge sooner, allowing us to use it sooner.

chairface on Feb 6, 2010 [–]

Seems to me that the opposite is true. With an exclusive, a publisher knows they can spend more time on a story, and publish it later. Without an exclusive, publishers are running the risk of being scooped, so they rush it more.

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