Rupert Murdoch’s plans to charge for access to his newspapers has been widely criticized as it will cut the material out of the wider online conversation. But what good is it to be part of a conversation that doesn’t bring in any revenue?
Two new technologies are introduced, with very different scope and aims. As publishers, we need to think more like Wave and less like Bing.
Has free access to content outlived its usefulness as a way of getting noticed?
The WSJ shows just how it’s missing the boat with its latest announcement about micropayments.
While university presses shrink and go digital, are they trying to preserve a structural memory in the face of a modern reality?
We’re in the early days of a major revolution in information dissemination and creation. Clay Shirky shows us why we need to think the unthinkable.
The Gazette is going through a transformation in how they envision and create content. Can other publishers and content providers learn something from their approach?
Newspapers are running out of ideas. A litany of desperate measures don’t bode well for a dying industry.