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 are. They are likely to end up being select members...
Fast Company takes a look at the hyperlocal market that everyone is watching, which some say is a multi-billion dollar future of online, but might not amount to anything much more than a sizeable pile of nickels. The projections say, according to Borrell Associates, that the hyperlocal market could ...
Huge sigh of relief has been breathed around the world this morning by newspaper executives everywhere who were all waiting for someone to make the first move and charge for content. Rupert Murdoch has never been a patient man. Murdoch has made the first move, taken the gamble and the turnpike towards...
Who would have guessed? The idea of printing a newspaper full of blogs, you know, on like actual paper is not a winner. Well, back in January, while the some of us were still trying to work off the turkey and the gazillion ridiculous non-Christmas like snacks that you eat at Christmas, there was a story...
Chris Anderson is not having a good week. It's open season on the Wired editor-in-chief who earlier this week suffered an assault by Malcom Gladwell in the New Yorker. Today it is the turn of the FT and its message is clear: "Free does not live up to its billing". Gladwell kicked off an...
