paywalls
Ekstra Bladet plans for Freemium 2.0 Paid Members Public
Another set of liveblogged notes from Digital Media Europe 2017. Typos, inaccuracy and howling crimes against grammar and syntax probable. Lisbeth Langwadt, Head of Paid Content, Ekstra Bladet – EKSTRA & Print Secrets to digital innovation… 1. You have to reorganise They used to have two silos at Ekstra Bladet [http:
FT gains subscriptions from Brexit paywall drop Paid Members Public
The Financial Times dropped its paywall over the Brexit weekend, deeming it important enough to give full access to its journalism. The result? A subscriptions surge [http://digiday.com/publishers/ft-drove-digital-subscriptions-sales-600-percent-brexit-weekend/] . > In fact, the FT saw a 600 percent surge in digital subscriptions sales over the weekend (compared to
The FT's struggle are a harbinger of print's assassin: advertisers Paid Members Public
The Financial Times Discovers That a Paywall Is Not a Panacea [http://fortune.com/2016/04/22/financial-times-cuts/] The Financial Times is going through some financial hard times, and it’s down to print advertising, not the (successful) paywall. Matthew Ingram: > Lamont said in his memo to FT employees
Pando erects paywall of irrelevance Paid Members Public
Pando, occasional unapologetic copyright thieves [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2015/06/pando-copyright-abuse.html], have decided to erect a paywall [https://pando.com/2015/06/22/welcome-new-pando/]: > From today, the newest articles on Pando will be available to members first. Membership costs just $10 a month (or $100 a
The FT launches a Weekend web app Paid Members Public
One of the interesting things to surface in the work Neil [http://www.onlydeadfish.co.uk] & I did with the FT last summer was how different the readership for the paper is at the weekend. It looked like there might be an opportunity there. Well, it appears that the
The Press and Journal gets a metered paywall, via Piano Media Paid Members Public
News from the north: The Press and Journal is using Piano Media’s tech for a metered paywall [https://www.pianomedia.com/102/piano-media-secures-first-uk-client] – the first UK company to do so: > DC Thomson’s Head of Digital, Kirsten Morrison said, “After looking at the various paid content solution providers,
FT blows single-use holes in its paywall Paid Members Public
The FT is offering single-use links for its subscribers [http://aboutus.ft.com/2013/11/18/ft-introduces-gift-article-for-subscribers/#axzz2l0XstSHx] to share content. It’s almost a Snapchat for news… 🙂 Interesting move, in that it potentially turns existing subscribers into advocates for the service – and adds value to their subscription, by making
Commenting life behind the paywall Paid Members Public
Douglas Boulton [http://dougbolton.co.uk], one of this academic year’s crop of Interactive Journalism students at City, has just finished a couple of weeks as Ben Whitelaw’s personal coffee tabledoing shifts on The Times‘s community desk [http://www.interhacktives.com/2014/12/31/how-to-comment-online-without-being-a-jerk/] , and he’