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31-3.4 The Best Practice Delusion Members Public

[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/81S5RrVaWUL._SL1500_-3577.html] I’ve been reading – and throughly enjoying – Leander Kahney’s book about Jony Ive [http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0241001773/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=

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The Financial Times is a majority digital and mobile business Members Public

[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/Anish-Kapoor7-3574.html] Two notable things from the FT’s 2013 results [http://aboutus.ft.com/2014/02/28/67012/#axzz2ubXzXlYB]: > The FT’s total circulation grew 8% year-on-year to 652,000 across print and online, the highest paying readership in

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Information wants to be… Members Public

You know that quote you always hear? > Information Wants To Be Free. It’s not the whole quote. Here’s the entirely of it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_wants_to_be_free]: > Information Wants To Be Free. Information also wants to be expensive. …That tension will

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How the video revolution became the video road crash Members Public

Politico examines how badly wrong newspaper experiments with video [http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/live-video-wont-save-news-business-103819.html] have gone: > News organizations have learned that the traditional television model doesn’t pay online. It costs too much to shoot and produce, and requires too much from their reporters, who

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Reading The Times on Gin Lane Members Public

[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2013/12/The%20Times%20Gin-3409.html] Since this press release arrived, I’ve been struggling to find the words to blog about it: > For immediate release December 18, The Times newspaper has today launched a new premium London Dry Gin, called The

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#leweb - Evernote gets into physical goods Members Public

Phil Libin is always good value at LeWeb. He’s not only witty and a charming presenter, but he’s also pretty open with how his business is functioning. And that makes his talks fascinating. Today, he’s talking about the impact of Evernote Market [https://www.evernote.com/market]

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No demand for Demand Media Members Public

The dolorous fate of Demand Media [http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/epic-fail-the-rise-and-fall-of-demand-media-1200914646/] : > Changes in Google’s search algorithms have twice hammered the young company in recent years, leaving its few brands that managed to get significant marketplace traction, including eHow.com and Livestrong, hemorrhaging traffic. Now Demand’s

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The Dish-y path to reader-supported publishing Members Public

Have I written about Andrew Sullivan’s attempt to make his long-running blog The Dish a sustainable media enterprise? Ah, only in passing [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2013/01/nostalgia_for_the_pajamas_insult.html] . Time to correct that. The Dish [http://dish.andrewsullivan.com] has been on my

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