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Reading: It Can’t Be About the Numbers

How many books do we read in a year? Wouldn’t a better question be how well, how thoughtfully we had engaged with long-form content?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Jan 26, 2024
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

About Face — Scholarly Publishing and Social Media Regulation

A possible consequence of moves to more tightly regulate social media companies may be they start looking for new investments. And they already have some in scholarly publishing.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Oct 3, 2017
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Hiding in Plain Sight — Is the Subscription Model the Optimal Business Model for the Digital Age?

The half-forgotten subscription model deserves our praise and renewed attention. In the Digital Age, it has become more popular than ever.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 30, 2014
  • 27 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

The Slow But Steady March Toward Paid Content

The New York Times is now publishing short e-books, another step down the path to monetizing content directly instead of through the sale of advertising.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Dec 19, 2012
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Blogs, Twitter, and YouTube: Just Amplifiers of Traditional Media, or a New Set of Filters?

Blogs, Twitter, and YouTube feast on traditional media, but they change the agenda for millions in the meantime, as a recent Pew study shows.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 27, 2010
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

“New” AP Strategy Is Nothing New

The Associated Press tries yet another strategic shift, one that shows they’re late to the game, and playing the wrong game at that.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 22, 2009
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 2 mins

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