business models
Clay Shirky has brought forth another long piece on the economics of the paywall business [http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2010/11/the-times-paywall-and-newsletter-economics/] thatās worth a read. Iād just like to highlight a single sentence, though, as I think itās a point thatās missed far too
business models
George Brock [http://georgebrock.net/the-times-paywall-numbers-what-counts-for-what/]: > A prediction: in a year or two, paywall knowledge and software will have advanced so far that we will look back to this point and marvel that anything as crude as a fixed-price, 100% paywall was even thought of.Indeed.
iPad
I am surprised by the amount of positive reaction thatās going around to the news that The Times has around 105,000 paying online customers of various stripes. (Full break-down of the numbers.) Partially Iām surprised, because nobody seems to be comparingĀ acquisition cost to revenue, as well
ad networks
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/09/saymedia_2.jpg] Hereās a thing to discover just before you go to bed: Six Apart [http://www.sixapart.com], the company that produces the blog software thatās at the heart of much of my day job,
apple
Interesting [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-17/apple-said-to-negotiate-with-publishers-over-digital-newsstand-for-ipad.html] : > Apple Inc. is developing a digital newsstand for publishers that would let them sell magazines and newspapers to consumers for use on Apple devices, said two people familiar with the matter. The newsstand, designed particularly for the iPad, would be
activity streams
The Bad: > KPMG has found that 81% of UK āwould go elsewhere for content [http://rd.kpmg.co.uk/mediareleases/22369.htm] if a previously free site we use frequently began chargingā. Only 19% would be willing to pay in the UK, while globally (the same research looked at
business models
Kevin Anderson responding [http://charman-anderson.com/2010/06/17/journalisms-future-silver-bullets-are-the-talisman-of-the-desperate/] to my post [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2010/06/complexity_is_the_new_reality.html] from yesterday: > Senior leaders in the industry arenāt looking for strategies, they are looking for a saviour. They want some supernatural ā or
aggregation
A rather excellent rant from Mr Paul Bradshaw on theCurationĀ is KingĀ clichĆ© [http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/06/17/lets-stop-this-curation-is-king-crap-right-now/] thatās doing theĀ roundsĀ right now. Go and read it, and then join me back hereā¦ Did you enjoy it? I think thereās an important point underlying all
monetisation
The grand experiment is about to begin: [](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/06/1C32A675-5FEA-428C-9C08-A224A5136E7Eiphone_photo.jpg) Now we find out if pay walls can workā¦Location:[The Quadrant,
apps
[](https://i1.wp.com/commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_iPad_Event02.jpg)Image via [Wikipedia](http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_iPad_Event02.jpg)I have a āthe problem
apple
So, Mr Steve Jobs of Apple, Inc took to the stage at All Things Digitalās D8 event [http://d8.allthingsd.com/] earlier in this week, and actually had some interesting things to say about the way Apple views the world, their clashes with Google and Adobe, and the relationship
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[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/06/IMG_0005.png] **The Good**: The navigation is surprisingly fluid and intuitive. You can either read the the whole issue as you might the paper edition, swiping through each section in turn. Or, you can pick and choose the
