Category Archives: Business Models
Who says what about the NY Times paywall
A grab bag of who’s saying what about the NY Times paywall, details of which were announced in a post by New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr on March 17: Today marks a significant transition for The New York Times as we introduce digital subscriptions. It’s an important step that we hope you [...]
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Business Insider reveals its 2010 revenue and profit
The Business Insider has written a post revealing its revenue and profit and talking about what digital media businesses look like. It’s a fairly courageous post, I think, and worth a read: a mix of reality check on how long it takes to build an independent digital media business and an accounting of it being worth the [...]
How to do long-form journalism: gather big-name writers and immerse them in social media
For those interested in the future of long-form journalism and public affairs reporting, a good post this week on the Nieman Lab blog from Lois Beckett. It reports on a conversation held at Berkeley School of Journalism between former New York Times Magazine editor Gerald Marzorati and author and former New Yorker writer Mark Danner. It notes that [...]
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Alan Mutter on paywall speed bumps
I like Alan Mutter’s term ‘speed bumps’ to describe the way many of us behave when we hit a paywall. He uses it in a piece on Editor & Publisher about the state of paywalls, and in particular about the new hybrid pay plans coming into vogue, such as the one the Wall Street Journal [...]
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