The title of this post seemed to be coined by Dave Troy in his post “Why Twitter Lists Change Everything” (recommended). It’s an apt term that describes 1) how anybody can now become a media source to “curate” news compelling to their readership and 2) how delivering that news provides “economic” value to both the messenger and the community receiving it.

From my slideshow “Build a Dynamic Community News Resource on Twitter in One Hour”, a question came up as to why you would want to become a “news aggregator”, as if the term implied that it’s akin to being a bot. Here are the reasons why a local business person would want to “curate” news for their community:

1. “News aggregation” and “curating” are very similar terms. You need to have the epiphany that your position in the community can be just as powerful as the local newspaper (a “news aggregator”) because your social network trusts you (see slideshow Be the Media!). If you provide a community news resource with the best local Twitter feeds that your local newspaper is not providing, then your community wil