Can someone help me check these two sentences for grammar?

I’m writing something about how the lower costs of publishing online, as compared to in print, means that the Internet is more conducive for niche publications than a newspaper.

Which sounds better:

a) This, compounded with the agglomeration of people with specialized interests across the Internet, makes the Internet more conducive than printed mediums to niche markets.

b) This, compounded with the agglomeration of people with specialized interests across the Internet, makes the Internet more conducive to niche markets than printed mediums.

c) Other?

Thanks!