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17 Jan 2010 11:19

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Biz: The meter’s on: Get ready to pay for the New York Times online

  • We’re in a megatransition. It hasn’t ever felt like anyone has the answer. My macro feeling is that I’m glad I had this job at this time. It was great working at the paper when it was on dead trees and could pay for itself.
  • New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman • Discussing whether he feels new technology has shown a next path for journalism. It’s something his bosses are currently feeling significant pressure about. According to New York Magazine, the plan seems to be a change from free to pay, using a so-called “metered” system that requests payment based on usage. It’s akin to what the Financial Times does – read a few articles, and a pay wall finally comes up. Since we post a lot about the Times, for example, and think it’s a high-quality publication, we’d probably get a subscription. source
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11 Jan 2010 10:44

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Politics: Gawker has a couple of ideas on journalism worth heeding

  • one Newspapers are wasting their time covering time-sensitive information long after it happened.
  • two Websites should do some of their own reporting instead of relying on newspapers to do it for them.
  • three Both sides should stop being angry at each other and find some freaking common ground. source
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11 Jan 2010 09:33

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Biz: Online newspapers: Not many pay, but those that do pay handily

  • 2.4% of print newspaper subscribers are willing to pay money to get their traditional journalism online
  • anything the amount they can charge; those who pay are willing to pay whatever source
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15 Dec 2009 08:50

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Biz: Editor & Publisher goes out with a bang, gets Warren Buffett

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  • The owner of The Buffalo News will be featured in the magazine’s final issue before it goes off the stands. He takes the news industry to task for becoming complacent and says that top priority should be finding an online revenue stream. “It is so easy when you’ve got a wonderful business,” he said. “Complacency is pretty easy and it is why they weren’t looking over their shoulder at what was happening.”  source
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10 Dec 2009 11:20

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Biz: BREAKING: Editor & Publisher ceasing operations. Oh no!

One of the best publications ABOUT newspapers is gone. You know the newspaper industry is in bad shape when THAT happens. Le sigh. source
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02 Dec 2009 23:37

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Tech: Digg might be about to do newspapers a huge favor

  • So what’s in it for Digg? While the company might sacrifice some page views, it could get an even better sense of the content being blasted around the Web.
  • Forbes Senior Editor Brian Caulfield • On Digg’s new API, which is designed to make it stupidly easy to Digg posts all over the Webb. (Whoops, sorry, we put that extra “b” on “Web” by accident.) Caulfield argues that the site is attempting at a decentralized approach much like Twitter with the move – a move that could help journalism significantly. source
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02 Dec 2009 10:16

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Biz: Rupert Murdoch’s got a NYC edition of the Wall Street Journal cooking

  • $15 million to battle The New York Times head-on source
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01 Dec 2009 22:23

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Biz: Dear Google: Don’t bend to newspaper publishers so easily. It’s not cool.

  • First Click Free = Massive Fail. OK, we get it guys. Rupert Murdoch complains really loudly and he’s starting to scare you into believing other publishers might be next. But why are you putting your tail between your legs and creating technology designed to limit how much people can read without registration or subscription? Rupert Murdoch’s complaining doesn’t scare us. “First Click Free,” however, totally does. The very idea goes against everything your company stands for. Retreat, Google, retreat. source
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02 Nov 2009 11:20

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Biz: An 80-year-old man gets the internet better than Newsday does

  • My column has been popular around the country, but now it was really going to be impossible for people outside Long Island to read it.
  • 80-year-old former Newsday columnist (and lifelong newsman) Saul Friedman • On his reasons for suspending his popular “Gray Matters” column for the newspaper. They all have to do with Cablevision’s decision to start charging $5 a week for non-subscribers to read the paper online. Friedman’s column wouldn’t be able to reach outside of its Long Island home base as a result, despite the fact the column has a national audience. Friedman himself lives in the D.C. area, so he would have to pay, too. Where does Friedman go next? The blog “Time Goes By,” which seems like a much better place for an 80-year-old guy who understands the internet better than a cable company. • source
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25 Oct 2009 15:09

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Biz: Newspaper job cuts are getting ever-bloodier in 2009

  • 14,010 journos laid off this year alone source
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