[…] are available on it. You subscribe to writers. You subscribe to authors. They get paid. That’s great! Books, blogs, and newspapers are easy to read on it. It’s small, and conceals my sick reading habits. As someone who has the […]
[…] In the pre-web world and early web days, news of the world came primarily through curated media – broadcast television, newspapers, magazines. There were – and are – reasons to distrust curators, but there’s a critical aspect of their work […]
The media’s flip coverage of science is certainly a problem — but atheoretical studies are a waste of everyone’s time.
[…] as headlines, since they are part of search results, feeds, and widgets in the same way that disparate stories dot newspapers. So, our headlines are long or cute because they presume that the reader is on the page, can see […]
Clever, clever, and oh so worth watching through to the end:
VP choice Sarah Palin’s Wikipedia entry was modified prior to her being announced as the choice. Could the news have broken earlier if the media were more tech-savvy? And why are all the Wikipedia editors anonymous?
[…] crippled because of it? Google’s ad dollars insulate the giant, and justify its every move. Look at what happened to newspapers, the first explorers to make a close approach to the GoogleSun — prices dropped, commoditization accelerated, and the wings […]
[…] price controls for e-books, heretofore a serious concern among publishers, will shortly be thing of the past — much like newspapers, interest in actual space exploration at NASA, and any plans for a mechanically hoisted torch during future opening ceremonies […]
Initial impressions of Apple’s new iPad device — how the tech press is missing the meaning, what it might mean for publishers, and a chance to tell us what you think.
Four different information industry executives’ perspectives seem to converge on customization. Customers want what they want, when and where they need it, and expect providers to anticipate those needs accurately.
Is the Kindle really a success? Do the vague and convoluted statements from Amazon about Kindle sales mean anything? The backlash against Amazon’s lack of transparency has apparently begun.
As Google adds real-time Web features to its search over the next few days, it may be the last nail in the coffin for publisher-centric commodity information.
The WSJ stance against Google reveals the power of the real-time Web and value-inertia among the ad sales people at WSJ, not predation by Google.
Complaints against Google miss the point — it’s the Google Era, and publishers who work well with this major upstart have plenty to look forward to.
[…] world has been its role as a disruptive technology for incumbent businesses. As bookstore chains, music providers, video companies, and newspapers have all experienced, their businesses can be disrupted when a competitor changes the rules of the game so severely […]