monetisation
Of Paywalls and Cupcakes Paid Members Public
It’s the tail end of the day, and I’m just emerging from a long meeting with my boss. It was a good meeting, but I’m tired and ready for a weekend. And then reception calls. A very puzzled security guy tells me there’s someone down there
Mobile Media Strategies - early thoughts and content encapsulation Paid Members Public
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124385392@N01/5832360338] I’m having a bit of a ho-hum day at the Mobile Media Strategies event – my gut feeling is that I’m the wrong audience for the conference. It feels more like a conference for very senior level executives who kinda know
#next11 #media - New metrics for a new media age Paid Members Public
Warning: Liveblogging. Here be inaccuracy, errors and typos Pablo Metz [http://www.mbr-research.eu/] How similar are the Union Flag and the Tricolore? Both flags… Bike and a ball? Not very. Expcept, they’re both things people buy for their kids. This is the problem data has right now. Measurable
#next11 - Boon and Bane of Analytics Paid Members Public
Warning: liveblogging. Here be error, inaccuracy and typos… Media track session on data-drive publishing… Host:Anitra Eggler [http://www.anitra-eggler.com/] Started as a journalist, became infected by the media fever, and ran several startups from the mid-90s. One principle: whereever there is an elephant in the room we like
Why the NYT will fail, graphically Paid Members Public
Neat piece of data visualisation from The Undestatement [http://theunderstatement.com/post/4019228737/digital-subscription-prices-visualized-aka-the-new] . The New York Times charging model is completely out of line with general online service subscriptions. More data to suggest that is a reinforce print [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2011/03/propping_up_print_with_
Propping up print with a partial paywall, eh, NYT? Paid Members Public
I haven’t said much about the New York Times payment structure (it’s not a paywall), because, well, it looks OK. Not a bad way to address the issues of monetising the commodity we call general news. But one thing has been bugging me about it, and it wasneatly
The Times opens up (a little) Paid Members Public
Talking of RSS [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2011/01/rumours_of_rsss_demise_are_greatly_exagg.html] , I note than some more changes have hit everyone’s favourite paywalled enterprise, The Times online. First up, the blogs now have a free-to-air front page [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/
LeWeb: Forever Evernote Paid Members Public
 “Nobody is happy with their meat brain,” says Phil Libin [http://twitter.com/#!/plibin]. “Everything important that happens to you can be in Evernote [http://www.evernote.com/].” Evernote is one of those “everything bucket” apps
