gatekeeper
Example Sentences
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In her preface to “Inhabit the Poem,” she writes that the “popular belief that ‘gatekeepers’—publishers, university lecturers, anthologists, and advertisers—create the longevity of the authors we call ‘canonical’ is false.
Those “gatekeepers” can’t favor their own services over those of competitors and have to open their own ecosystems to competitors for the good of users.
From Los Angeles Times
They traded intel about exclusive dinners with star guests, and sought out supposed gatekeepers to the royal family.
Just as personal computers democratized publishing, these new tools allow emerging creators to develop ideas once reserved for studios and capital-rich gatekeepers.
It would let users build their own public squares without the traditional gatekeepers.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
