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Kirk LaPointe's themediamanager.com:
The Sunday Times of London explains its paywall decision — Rupert Murdoch, the world's largest press baron, said some time ago that his operations could no longer continue to provide information freely online. — For years his Wall Street Journal has charged an online subscription fee …
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Guardian
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Times of London:
Why the future of good news is not free — 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 …
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Guardian, Crikey, Paul Mulshine, London Free Press, Business Spectator, TechCrunch and Jon Slattery
Felix Salmon:
Blogonomics: Monetizing readers — At this point, even I'm bored of the Salmon vs Blodget wars. But Henry has decided to grossly misrepresent my views, so it's worth explaining in a bit more detail what I actually think about blog content and how it can and should be turned into money.
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
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 …
David Carr / New York Times:
The Media Equation: Google's Not Creating Content, Just Protecting It — Should we be surprised that the biggest fight over freedom of expression in years involves Google, a company that produces algorithms rather than articles? — Probably not. — Google executives struck a blow …
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State of the Fourth Estate
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
What Does the Future Hold for Newspapers? — If you've been following the newspaper industry at all over the past year or so, you probably won't be surprised to learn that 2009 was the worst year in decades as far as advertising revenues are concerned. But the sheer scale of the declines over the past few years is staggering.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The Seven Needs of Real-Time Curators — I keep hearing people throw around the word “curation” at various conferences, most recently at SXSW. The thing is most of the time when I dig into what they are saying they usually have no clue about what curation really is or how it could be applied to the real-time world.
Stuart Kennedy / TheAustralian:
With an app at the ready, The Australian awaits the iPad — STEVE Jobs will be hoping conga lines of customers are snaking through the doors of Apple stores all over the US next Saturday, wanting to be among the first to own an iPad, his latest touch-screen gadget.
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mUmBRELLA
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Up Is Down: FT Free On iPad, Guardian Monthly Mobile Charge? — Suddenly, everything is new again. Underlining uncertainty and lack of consensus regarding mobile-device monetisation strategy, two newspapers are trying ideas contrary to those for which they're known...
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Financial Times
The Independent:
Stephen Glover: This paper now has a chance to break even — The Guardian's coverage of last week's sale of the two Independent titles to Alexander Lebedev was characteristically charitable. By that I mean characteristically uncharitable. The paper highlighted Mr Lebedev's past as a former KGB agent …
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New York Times
Editor and Publisher:
‘Chicago Tribune’: Our Parent Co.'s Bankruptcy Typifies Huge Fees These Days — CHICAGO To report on the huge fees that lawyers and other professionals are making from bankruptcies these days, Chicago Tribune reporter Michael Oneal found the perfect example in his own building …
Richard Wilner / New York Post:
Maria is no longer sweet on ‘Honey’ — CNBC's star personality Maria Bartiromo is so over her “Money Honey” moniker. — The 42-year-old host of the business cable station's “Closing Bell” show, who made off-the-air headlines three years ago when she moved to trademark the “Money Honey” …
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