The editor of the Guardian sees the formulation and publication of the code as a natural development after introducing the role of readers' editor: "You are saying that your relationship with readers matters and that you are committed to accountability and transparency".
Ultimately, though, it is readers who matter most.
A difficult novel, let's say, "The Brothers Karamazov," will take most readers a matter of weeks to "read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest" (as "The Book of Common Prayer" has it).
LIKE Charles Dickens, Stephen King endured hard times in childhood that he evokes in his fiction; like Dickens, he can write as he wishes and reach his loyal readers no matter how reviewers respond to his books -- On Writing," I'm sure, included.
The excitement around the publication of a previously unseen title from the beloved author of The Cat in the Hat even prompted a rhyming review in the New York Times from Michiko Kakutani: "Seuss never spoke down to his readers, no matter how small.
The difference in user behavior between a StartPage like MyYahoo and a full text reader like Google, Bloglines or Newsgator makes comparing click throughs between these two classes of readers a matter of apples and oranges.
But now and then our vast intelligence network brings in news of such inestimable importance that we must share it with our readers, no matter what empires it may topple.
So remember, dear readers, no matter how hungry you may feel, watch what you say.
Instead, I will write the kind of fiction that feeds my soul and, I hope, sings for my readers, no matter how long it takes.
It's really understanding readers, what matters to them.
