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Sad day for The Observer, but it is spared closure

When the fate of some newspapers is to disappear for good Guardian News & Media's decision to pare down The Observer to four sections rather than close it outright was clearly a tough one in this climate, but it makes a lot of sense and it should...

Posted Nov 11 2009, 08:53 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: The Guardian, The Independent, The Observer, Guardian News & Media, Guardian Media Group, Independent on Sunday

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Economist is a natural for paid content

On hearing the news this morning that The Economist is to charge for news content across its site I was wondering why they waited so long. The Economist is a natural for paid content in the same way that the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times...

Posted Sep 08 2009, 11:39 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with no comments

Filed under: Financial Times, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, paid content, the new yok times, Bill O'Reilly, Fox News

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Is the Mail Online heading for domination with change to moderation policy?

The news today that the Mail Online is to stop checking user comments before they go live could not only make it the most visited website in the UK, but possibly the one with the largest and most active community. A potentially very powerful combination...

Posted Aug 12 2009, 12:01 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 7 comment(s)

Filed under: Daily Express, The Guardian, The Times, Daily Mail

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Desperate measures: closing The Observer

Let's hope it is the nuclear option and it does not come to Guardian Media Group having to close The Observer newspaper. It would be tragic loss and would lead many people to have few options on a Sunday. Guardian Media Group chief executive, Carolyn...

Posted Aug 04 2009, 09:47 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 6 comment(s)

Filed under: The Guardian, The Independent, The Observer, Rocky Mountain News, Guardian News & Media, Guardian Media Group, Independent on Sunday, Eddie Shah, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Christian Science Monitor

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Life in the clickstream: the future of journalism

Everyone who works online and has anything to do with publishing should be reading this. A report out today that attempts to map the carnage in publishing and take a guess at the future. Full of good nuggets. With nods to both the Guardian's Emily...

Posted May 28 2009, 12:00 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Telegraph, The Guardian, The Washington Post, US media, paid content, Hyperlocal, CNN, Examiner.com, The Lancashire Evening Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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New York Times one of the few that can thrive in a digital age

John Gapper in the FT today has a good piece on the woes of the New York Times, but he says the Gray Lady is one of the "few print publications with a good chance of thriving in the digital age". It has been a helluva week for the New York Times...

Posted May 14 2009, 01:03 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Digital, Financial Times, The Guardian, The New York Times

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People will pay for content, says PwC

That's what PricewaterhouseCoopes says in its 'Outlook for Newspaper Publishing in the Digital Age' report out today. The report looks at how the newspaper industry can face up to the structural challenges that have seen paid for titles lose...

Posted May 12 2009, 12:19 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 5 comment(s)

Filed under: Advertising Age, Digital, The Guardian, paid content, Hyperlocal, Digital Britain, PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Wait and see as WSJ leaps with micro payments

So the Wall Street Journal got it moving as it launches first with micro payments after Rupert Murdoch hinted heavily last week. It was the most obvious to go first, but what the industry really wants is for someone else to leap. People will shortly be...

Posted May 11 2009, 09:46 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Financial Times, The Guardian, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal

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Paid-for content – an impossible dream?

The PaidContent blog has a good piece today on why the idea of charging for content might be a flight of fancy and impossible to implement after years of free access. The post comes in a week that two media figures have been talking paid content and raising...

Posted May 08 2009, 09:56 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 8 comment(s)

Filed under: Financial Times, Rupert Murdoch, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Kindle, paid content, e-reader

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MediaGuardian.co.uk to go paid for?

Very interesting news coming from Guardian boss Carolyn McCall today at the Fipp World Magazine Congress in London where she is talking about charging for content and MediaGuardian.co.uk could be one of its sites that goes paid for. Carolyn McCall's...

Posted May 05 2009, 01:03 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 5 comment(s)

Filed under: The Guardian, The Independent, Time Inc, paid content, The times The Economist

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State of Play - new media versus old

Some cracking reviews of the 'State of Play' movie appearing, which has amongst its many plotlines something of the current clash between new and old media, between print and bloggers, about it. It is almost portrayed as print's last stand...

Posted Apr 23 2009, 12:34 PM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 8 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, The Guardian, The Washington Post, US media, State of Play

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Free lunch is over says The Economist as Indy talks charging

In an editorial today The Economist joins the growing chatter that says the days of (entirely) free content are over. It does so as The Independent and The Times are revealed to be looking seriously at paid-for content. In a piece titled 'The end...

Posted Mar 20 2009, 09:47 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 4 comment(s)

Filed under: The Guardian, The Independent, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Time Inc, paid content, The times The Economist

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How much more would you pay for your newspaper?

How much more would you pay for your newspaper? Would you pay £1.50? What if that were linked to online content as well? Maybe, after all, you get a lot of content for very little money. I was thinking this as I started writing a blog post this morning...

Posted Mar 11 2009, 10:48 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 7 comment(s)

Filed under: The Guardian, The New York Times, The Times, paid content, Chime, Lord Bell

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Time Inc considers making its top sites subscription based

The debate over paid content is steadily growing. Today Ann S Moore, the chief executive of Time Inc, says that the US magazine giant is considering making its most successful titles Time.com and People.com subscription based. In an interview in the Daily...

Posted Mar 10 2009, 09:43 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 5 comment(s)

Filed under: The Guardian, The New York Times, US media, Newsday, Time Inc, paid content

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Paid for content high on Guardian wish list

It is is probably on everyone else's in the newspaper industry as well, but Tim Brooks has raised the flag today at the FT's Digital Media Conference in London. It looks like the place to be today and Tim Bradshaw (who is doing some good Twittering...

Posted Mar 09 2009, 11:36 AM by Gordon Macmillan with | with 11 comment(s)

Filed under: Financial Times, The Guardian, The New York Times, US media, paid content

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Sad day for The Observer, but it is spared closure

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Economist is a natural for paid content

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Is the Mail Online heading for domination with change to moderation policy?

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Desperate measures: closing The Observer

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Life in the clickstream: the future of journalism

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New York Times one of the few that can thrive in a digital age

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People will pay for content, says PwC

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Wait and see as WSJ leaps with micro payments

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Paid-for content – an impossible dream?

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MediaGuardian.co.uk to go paid for?

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State of Play - new media versus old

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Free lunch is over says The Economist as Indy talks charging

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How much more would you pay for your newspaper?

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Time Inc considers making its top sites subscription based

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Paid for content high on Guardian wish list