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The Demographic Paywall Problem Paid Members Public
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.
The Paywall secret people don't like Paid Members Public
Interesting look at paywalls this morning [http://www.mondaynote.com/2012/01/08/cracking-the-paywall/] from Frédéric Filloux on Monday Note. He analyses the reasons for the successes of the Financial Times and New York Times “progressive paywalls”, and makes some good observations about what it takes to make these sorts
Got to love this job sometimes... Paid Members Public
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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
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/