Monthly Archives: September 2009

Is 10% the magic number for paywalls?

By Julie Starr | Published: September 10, 2009
Steve Outing wrote a useful post about the recent Aspen Institute conference, “Of the Press: Models for Preserving American Journalism.” He said discussions about business models were more realistic than he’d expected. “My fears were largely abated. I can’t predict with any certainty that the newspaper industry will deploy some of the best ideas to [...]
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95pc of time.com stories are ‘original to the web’

By Julie Starr | Published: September 9, 2009
A few thoughts on why long-form journalism “doesn’t fly” online, and what does, from time.com managing editor Josh Tyrangiel. H/T to @mrinternet. A couple of pull-out quotes on understanding that people who read news online are often at work and in a hurry: “Our goal is to make people smarter while saving them time. “The [...]
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Link wrap: hyperlocal network, value of readers

By Julie Starr | Published: September 8, 2009
Can anyone tap the $100bn potential of hyperlocal news? From a piece by Michael Gluckstadt on FastCompany comes this interesting idea that the New York Times might licence its hyperlocal platform, Local, to bloggers and freelances in other towns. The third aspect of the Local’s strategy reveals where the Times sees the most opportunity. If [...]
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Data, labels and the power of microformats

By Julie Starr | Published: September 6, 2009
Somehow a week’s slipped by since the Open Govt Data Barcamp and Hackfest in Wellington without me giving an update here. It was a great event with around 150 people putting their heads together on the Saturday to brainstorm the why, where, who and how of making more government data readily available to the public [...]
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