Tag Archives: New York Times

#One liners – the heroically uninformed, comic strips & NZ’s broadband problem

By Julie Starr | Published: August 7, 2011
  “Nobody should be that young, but the problem presented by these busy tyros is that they have no sense of the past even when it comes to the medium they have chosen to bless with their brash but heroically uninformed presence.” - Clive James on the lack of tone, culture and accuracy set by [...]
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Who says what about the NY Times paywall

By Julie Starr | Published: March 18, 2011
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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Alan Mutter on paywall speed bumps

By Julie Starr | Published: February 16, 2011
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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NY Times makes right noises on newsroom integration and serving under-35s

By Julie Starr | Published: October 26, 2009
Nieman Labs’ Zachary Seward ran an interesting post on the New York Times last week discussing comments made by executive editor Bill Keller in a meeting to digital staff. There were a few points that I was heartened to see. The first was this: The single best advice we’ve gotten, I think, is to spend [...]
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