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Nine Questions on the Tablet and the News Industry Future

• Ken Doctor

• Ads & Commerce - Dailies - GAFA - Google - Mobile, Smartphone & Tablet - More Ken Doctor Posts - New York Times - News Corp/Wall Street Journal - Paywalls and Digital Circulation - The Digital Dozen - The New News - TV / Video

• March 30, 2010

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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 ...