paywalls
The Dish-y path to reader-supported publishing Paid 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
The Sun's paywall rises Paid Members Public
[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
One of those mornings Paid Members Public
[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 UK’s headquarters after a “blogger briefing” on the new Sun paywall. Instead, I’m sat in a lovely cafe in my home
The existential dilemma of paywalls Paid Members Public
Are you familiar with the expression “tl;dr”? Classic “internet speak” for “too long; didn’t read”. It’s often used in a mocking, trolling sense. Well, now there’s a new variation on it: bp;dr [http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/a-human-right-to-science-bpdr] “behind paywall; didn’t read” In the context
Nostalgia for the pyjamas insult Paid Members Public
PandoDaily’s David Holmes [http://pandodaily.com/2013/01/02/andrew-sullivans-blog-is-adding-a-pay-meter-does-that-mean-you-should-too/] on Andrew Sullivan’s new paywall [http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2013/01/a-declaration-of-independence.html] : > Andrew Sullivan isn’t some pajama-clad mouth-breather toiling away in his mother’s basement. He’s an industry veteran who edited The New Republic
Sustainably profitable digital publishing - #newsrw Paid Members Public
Panel discussion on sustainable business models, chaired byKathryn Corrick, digital media consultant. Lucia Adams, The Times – When they launched a paywall, people predicted a disaster. But it hasn’t turned out that way, and now all the newspapers are trying to solve the same problem. The big change is the
Linking to paywalled content Paid Members Public
I had a brief discussion with Jon Slattery over the weekend about why his “ quotes of the week [http://jonslattery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/media-quotes-of-week-from-clive-james.html] ” posts don’t 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
FT Mobile event - Liveblog Paid Members Public
[](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/Photo 29 May 2012 09:45.jpg)**Rob Grimshaw, managing director, FT.com**Liveblogged notes – prone to inaccuracies and howling grammatical errors Just had first hack day at the FT. The winning hack
