business models
News from the north: The Press and Journal is using Piano Mediaās tech for a metered paywall [https://www.pianomedia.com/102/piano-media-secures-first-uk-client] ā the first UK company to do so: > DC Thomsonās Head of Digital, Kirsten Morrison said, āAfter looking at the various paid content solution providers,
financial times
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. Itās almost a Snapchat for newsā¦ š Interesting move, in that it potentially turns existing subscribers into advocates for the service ā and adds value to their subscription, by making
Andrew Sullivan
Have I written about Andrew Sullivanās 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
bundling
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/07/Screen-Shot-2013-07-31-at-12.38.25.png] (This post will be updated as I find other interesting stuff to add.) Sarah Marshall has made her notes from the Sun+ briefing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/159Gqhwrv0r3vqydPSImZvLf5RDALrlM-xk3AyDDUnBs/mobilebasic?pli=1] public. Of
monetisation
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/07/delays-everywhere.jpg] Right about now, I should have been emerging into a rainy London from News UKās headquarters after a āblogger briefingā on the new Sun paywall. Instead, Iām sat in a lovely cafe in my home
Blogs
Are you familiar with the expression ātl;drā? Classic āinternet speakā for ātoo long; didnāt readā. Itās often used in a mocking, trolling sense. Well, now thereās a new variation on it: bp;dr [http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/a-human-right-to-science-bpdr] ābehind paywall; didnāt readā In the context
2003
PandoDailyās David Holmes [http://pandodaily.com/2013/01/02/andrew-sullivans-blog-is-adding-a-pay-meter-does-that-mean-you-should-too/] on Andrew Sullivanās new paywall [http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2013/01/a-declaration-of-independence.html] : > Andrew Sullivan isnāt some pajama-clad mouth-breather toiling away in his motherās basement. Heās an industry veteran who edited The New Republic
analytics
Panel discussion on sustainable business models, chaired byKathryn Corrick, digital media consultant. Lucia Adams, The Times ā When they launched a paywall, people predicted a disaster. But it hasnāt turned out that way, and now all the newspapers are trying to solve the same problem. The big change is the
attribution
I had a brief discussion with Jon Slattery over the weekend about why his ā quotes of the week [http://jonslattery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/media-quotes-of-week-from-clive-james.html] ā posts donāt link to their sources. His response [http://jonslattery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/media-quotes-of-week-from-clive-james.html?showComment=1341044014728] : > The reason
APIs
[](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/Photo 29 May 2012 09:45.jpg)**Rob Grimshaw, managing director, FT.com**Liveblogged notes ā prone to inaccuracies and howling grammatical errors Just had first hack day at the FT. The winning hack
business models
Missed this interesting paywall post [http://johnlrobinson.com/2012/05/newspaper-paywalls-using-band-aids-on-a-bullet-wound/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newspaper-paywalls-using-band-aids-on-a-bullet-wound] while I was at Like Minds last week: > I asked my class of 20-year-old Elon University students how many were on Facebook. All 33 raised their hands.
change management
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/01/adur-sunset.jpg] My post on paywalls yesterday garnered a good amount of interest. Kevin Anderson suggests that journalists need to be a little more self-critical about the value of their own work [http://charman-anderson.com/2012/01/09/unique-content-part-of-metered-paywall-success/
