Re:Vox Media stops using Chorus, proprietary CMS, for its ow...
by kevincox on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @12:53PM
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> CMS licensing was once seen as a lucrative opportunity for publishers looking to grow revenue beyond ad dollars.
> It stopped licensing Chorus to external publishers last year
Gee, I wonder why proprietary CMS systems struggle to find lots of customers? If the company that owns the CMS gets bored and moves on or goes out of business you suddenly need to migrate all of your websites to a new system and teach all of your employees a new workflow. That leaves a lot of time where you aren't "focus[ing] on [your] "core" business"
> It stopped licensing Chorus to external publishers last year
Gee, I wonder why proprietary CMS systems struggle to find lots of customers? If the company that owns the CMS gets bored and moves on or goes out of business you suddenly need to migrate all of your websites to a new system and teach all of your employees a new workflow. That leaves a lot of time where you aren't "focus[ing] on [your] "core" business"