The Inconvenient Truth About Print, a Response to Clay Shirky

Follow Newsonomics @kdoctor First published at Nieman Journalism Lab   I have to say, I find it funny to be called an apologist for the legacy news industry, as Clay Shirky suggested in an overnight post. Ask Steve Forbes or Lex Fenwick what they think about that, given my columns of just ...

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At Almost 400,000 Digital Subscribers, Inside the New York Times Pay Strategy, Year 2

Takeaways: It's 12% of the the New York Times overall circulation revenue for the year. That puts the annual circulation number in positive territory -- up 3% for the year, and a lively 8% for the fourth quarter -- reversing the 2010 trend. It's $100 million less (about 186 M for New York ...

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Nine Questions for 2H, 2010: Brains on internet, Reuters’ app success, TV tabs, Last Man Standing and Angelo’s question

Are we beginning to see the Last Man Standing strategy play out in the U.S.'s biggest cities? The New York Times is planning on building out 10-15 regional editions, on the model of its Chicago (partnered with the Chicago News Cooperative) and Bay Area (partnered with Bay Area Citizen) models. ...

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