So the NY Times unveiled their paywall on Thursday, and the howling began. There was ranting all over the web about the cost schedule, the design, and how smartphones and the iPad are billed separately. I’m not going to rant and rave about the paywall. Instead, I’m going to wait to see if it generates [...]
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NY Times unveil their paywall
March 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · paywall
It’s about what I expected. They’re not going for the strict paywall; instead the NY Times will be using one based on the freemium model. You’ll be able to read up to 20 articles a month for free before being asked to pay, and if someone sends you a link you’ll still be able to [...]
REDGroup – A tale of hubris and the end of the good times
February 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion, redgroup
by Darryl Adams I originally posted this over in the comments of the Delimiter REDGroup article. I think it answers most of what went wrong, but I do admit some of the conclusions I extrapolated from the data. My research on REDGroup is leading to me to think that it was the GFC (Global Financial Crisis) [...]
NY Times to publish ebook based on Cablegate excerpts
January 26th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
I just had the press release come across my desk. Next week the New York Times will publish Open Secrets, a summary and analysis of Wikileaks, Cablegate, and the diplomatic cables they’ve released. I had quietly avoided this topic in the past, but I had to comment on this ebook. This right here is a [...]
The New York Times App
October 18th, 2010 · No Comments · software reviews
I used to pay $14/month to get The New York Times on a first-generation Kindle. In fact, I subscribed to the Kindle edition of the Times for more than a year. It took me that long to realize the service was never going to be as good as it could be; the Kindle edition didn’t [...]
Financial Times have a paywall that works
July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
Pearson (they own the Financial Times) recently released their financial statements and an interesting detail popped up. The Financial Times now have 149k digital subscribers with a registered user base of 2.5m. They also reported that they had doubled their operting profit for the first half of 2010. The reason I’m bringing this up is [...]
The New York Times Book Review is finally available on the Kindle
July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From the Official Kindle blog: Amazon.com is excited to announce that The New York Times Book Review has now launched on Kindle as a stand-alone subscription. Each week, reviewers select 20-30 notable or important new books, including exceptional new authors. The New York Times Book Review has been one of the most influential and widely read book [...]
Times of London paywall will block search engines
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Paidcontent.uk is reporting: The Times and Sunday Times’ upcoming paid sites will not allow their articles to appear in search engines like Google. That was one nugget gleaned during a preview of the attractive forthcoming relaunches Monday night. Times Online will relaunch as separate entities “imminently” has relaunched as two separate editions and will go [...]
New York Times raises price of Kindle edition
April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
My first draft had a number of snide suggestions that the NYTimes editorial staff was on drugs. I’ve since decided to give them the benefit of doubt. I checked, and home delivery would cost me ( in the DC Metro area) $15 a week. Twenty bucks a month for the Kindle edition doesn’t sound so [...]
The Times of London Explains why They’re adding a Paywall
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From the editorial: If we are asking politicians to be honest, it is important we practise what we preach. Nowhere is this more crucial than with journalism on the internet. At present we are in the absurd position of charging people £2 for our newspaper while simultaneously offering the same content free online. The flawed [...]
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