April 26, 2024
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The Apple model, in a sense, just sets a new cost-of-distribution. While web distribution has been free-plus, the cost of Apple distribution – if you charge for news products – is a predictable, and seemingly stable 30%. Just give me 30% off the top, says Steve Jobs. Ironically, that 30% is ...
Read MoreThe tablet shouldn’t be mistaken for a newspaper made of pixels. Sure, it can receive repurposed newspaper (or online) content. However, with its next-generation, multi-touch interactivity, ability to combine text, photo, video and social elements, it offers news publishers the possibility of ...
Read MoreThe FWIX partnership is part of the expanding local experimentation of the Times and tells us lots about the Times' strategic direction, its multi-front competition with Dow Jones and a more nuanced recognition of what putting content under your brand means these digital days. Further, it tells ...
Read More* It's war for the business reader, the global business reader, the investor, the savvy consumer. It's no accident that it's been the FT and the Journal that have led paid content models. Expect to see lots more products, steals and innovations, as a half-dozen top business news brands ...
Read MoreHere's the 90-day question to watch: If Attributor's numbers are close to right, pointing to "112,000 near-exact copies of unlicensed article by more than 75,000 unlicensed sites" in a recent 30-day period, how will Google and Yahoo respond to a flood of thousands of notices?
Read MorePer fi magazines and sites haven't been immune from turndown; they're just a little better positioned on the road ahead. Where money's to be made -- or lost -- people (and advertisers) will spend money.
Read MoreIf there's a better realpolitiks player in the news industry than Murdoch, please stand up. If not, Murdoch knows that News Corp putting up a pay wall would be akin to unilateral disarmament -- and that's something only pinkos do. Put on up a pay wall when many others improve their ...
Read More1Cast “was born of frustration,” says Bontrager, an IPTV telco veteran. “How can we get the information we want? We saw news to be an underserved market.” Wow. News people talk endlessly about glut and commoditization, and here’s a telco guy talking about “under-served markets.” Talk about a ...
Read MoreNow, an announced price may well vary from a simple dollar; it's better optics for the Times. For instance, the new owner could put more dollars into the buy, if the Times agrees to keep current Globe pension obligations, for instance. There are all kinds of content, advertising and technology ...
Read MoreAsk Jim Ledbetter about his new site’s driving idea, and he’ll tell you that, in part, it really just comes down to four companies. It’s the “SAGA manifesto" approach to business journalism, a term Ledbetter, editor of Slate’s new The Big Money site came up with, ...
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