The New York Times has given an update on its hyperlocal experiment and says that while the content is flowing it has "been harder to figure out the business model". In one of its regular Talk to The Times slots Jim Schachter, editor for digital initiatives, spoke about hyperlocals and the...
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First it was the New York Times and now Rupert Murdoch has hinted that News Corporation may not hit its year end deadline to implement paid content. Murdoch, who owns the Times and the Sun, Wall Street Journal and New York Post (what a great front page; great game), told reporters that he can not promise...
We've already seen big cuts this year at Conde Nast now it is the turn of IPC Media parent Time Inc, which is set to announce as many as 500 job cuts today. The New York Times reports that the layoffs begun yesterday at Time Inc when 15 to 20 sales and marketing staff were first to hear the bad news...
This week is officially deemed paid content week (again), but yesterday unlike most weeks things happened. The New York Times said it was struggling to decide; Emap came out and (boldly) said it's charging £150; and a VC guy said newspapers need less than 5% of customers to pay. Bonus. Venture capitalist...
It can be horrible getting caught on the hop and you find yourself answering with an off the cuff comment, which is what happened to New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr who came up with this nifty analogy for newspapers and, errrm, the Titanic. New York Magazine were the guys on the spot. All...
There is a longish piece in the New York Times over the weekend looking at The Financial Times and its paid content strategy. The paper quotes John Ridding, the chief executive of the FT, insisting that people will pay for general news content. It's a sort of Field of Dreams approach. You know, charge...
No one wants to be ruled by web statistics, but they are increasingly important. The New York Times, however, says they have no impact on what goes on the front of the NYTimes.com home page. That's kind of interesting. Anyone who works online looks at web stats and I certainly make some decisions...
The New York Times has a piece today about how small businesses are turning to Twitter in growing numbers and how the micro blogging service is helping them. The Americans call them mom-and-pop shops, they're small businesses ranging from antique shops, to custom made ice cream operations and neighbourhood...
The New York Times has opened up a self-serve ad platform for a series of citizen journalism websites which fall under its hyper-local 'The Local' domain, covering east coast boroughs from New York to New Jersey . Local "mom & pop" businesses, such as plumbers or restaurants, can...
