Mediagazer: More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About The Economics Of The … (Henry Blodget/Silicon Alley Insider)

6:55 PM ET, March 27, 2010

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More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About The Economics Of The Online News Business — A TWEETIFESTO — Yesterday, a Reuters blogger named Felix Salmon attacked Business Insider for, in effect, producing content that readers want to read. — Felix didn't put it that way, of course …

Discussion: Spiersblr

Felix Salmon:

Blogonomics: Revenue per page — In the wake of the debate we had earlier today, Henry Blodget took to Twitter to explain the numbers behind ad-supported blogs. The most interesting tweets, to me, were these: … If $10 is “a good monetization rate”, then let's be generous and say that Blodget is making $15 at TBI.

Discussion: mathewingram.com/work, The Corsair and The Atlantic Wire

Juli Weiner / Vanity Fair:
Tweet Fight!: Henry Blodget vs. Felix Salmon

Discussion: WE ARE YOUR FEK and Silicon Alley Insider

Michael Wolff / Vanity Fair:

Murdoch to Sulzberger: You Are a Girly Man — It's not just that Rupert Murdoch doesn't like Arthur Sulzberger, or doesn't think he's a serious newspaper publisher. It's that he think he's weak—girly. Sulzberger—"young Arthur"—was a frequent subject during the many hours I talked to Murdoch when I was writing his biography.

Discussion: Runnin' Scared, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, New York Magazine and Gawker

Jeff Jarvis / Guardian:

Rupert Murdoch's pathetic paywall — So Murdoch has decided to milk his dying cash cow dry, one pound at a time, and leave the future to the rest of us. Poor guy — Rupert Murdoch has declared surrender. The future defeated him. — By building his paywall around Times Newspapers …

Discussion: Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog and Silicon Alley Insider

Addy Dugdale / Fast Company:
Editor of The Times Goes Online to Answer (Not Very Many) …

Discussion: BuzzMachine, Journalism.co.uk, Guardian and BBC

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
John Humphrys argues in favour of newspaper paywalls

Discussion: the Econsultancy blog, paidContent, Editors Weblog, Jon Slattery, Times of London and Press Association

Mark Fitzgerald / Editor and Publisher:

IAPA: Two Months On, Haitian Press Still Devastated by Earthquake — CHICAGO In a special report to its biannual meeting in Aruba this week, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) described a Haitian media landscape two months after the catastrophic earthquake that is every bit as devasted as the island itself.

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk and Editors Weblog

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

For Fox's ‘24,’ Terror Fight and Series Near End — If any one show has represented the post-9/11 era on television, it is “24,” the Fox drama that has offered counterterrorism as entertainment for nine years. — On “24,” torture saves lives. On “24,” phones are tapped, plots are disrupted …

Discussion: Show Tracker, Variety, The Huffington Post, Gawker and TVbytheNumbers

Henry J. Gomez / Metro:

Plain Dealer sparks ethical debate by unmasking anonymous Cleveland.com poster … CLEVELAND, Ohio — By unmasking an anonymous poster at its companion Web site, The Plain Dealer finds itself in an ethical quandary, stirring a debate that balances the public's need to know against the privacy concerns of online participants.

Discussion: Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog, Editor and Publisher, Romenesko and Newsroom Law Blog

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:

Cisco “Live” on MSNBC's “Rachel Maddow Show” in Broadcast Debut — NEW YORK — Cisco Systems, which has a big* video teleconference business with a product called TelePresence, is entering the broadcast world with the MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, who is using the system to conduct remote interviews.

Discussion: TVNewser and Inside Cable News

Ben Sheffner / Copyrights & Campaigns:

Google may subpoena CNET reporter in copyright case leak probe; hearing reveals massive hunt for source of Schmidt depo — An attorney for Google and YouTube indicated today that the Web giants may call a prominent tech reporter to the witness stand in an effort to reveal who leaked …

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and The Social

USA Today:

Crazy like a Fox? — Fox News is one voice in a massive and growing media environment. Cal and Bob say our noisy democracy can handle the right-leaning Fox — or any and all other media voices. … Today: Bias and Fox News. — Cal: We've been around politics long enough to know that an …

Joe Mandese / MediaPost:

Apple Poised To Unveil ‘iAd,’ New Mobile Ad Platform Is Jobs' ‘Next Big Thing’ — Even as the buzz builds toward the April 3rd ship date of the iPad, Apple is preparing to announce its “next big thing” — a new personalized, mobile advertising system that could well be called the “iAd” — Online Media Daily has learned.