paywalls
A View From Outside Our Bubble Paid Members Public
Byrne Reese [http://www.majordojo.com/2010/04/its-the-experience-stupid.php]: > People pay for a magazine or newspaper because they prefer the experience of holding the paper in their hands over that of reading it online. They pay for all of the abilities that only a physical medium provides: the
Pre-Pub Reading Paid Members Public
Because I can’t justify calling it morning or afternoon coffee reading at this time of day… Two from [The Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ "The Daily Telegraph") worth your time:1. [Did AOL squander its investment in Bebo](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/7564413/
Those Paywalls That Work... Paid Members Public
37signals on the [http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2245-when-opening-the-wallet-becomes-a-no-brainer] Wall Street Journal [http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2245-when-opening-the-wallet-becomes-a-no-brainer] and the [http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2245-when-opening-the-wallet-becomes-a-no-brainer] Financial Times [http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2245-when-opening-the-wallet-becomes-a-no-brainer] : > The easiest way to get people to pay you money is when they think they’
Paywalls: The Experiment Begins in June Paid Members Public
So, The Times and Sunday Times will be behind a paywall from June [http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-times-new-pay-site-1-a-day-2-a-week-starting-june/] . The theoretical arguments between the “link economy and conversation brings value” and the “content is valuable and must be paid for” camps have been iterated and reiterated to death in recent
Weekend Coffee Reading Paid Members Public
When it’s too cold and wet to go out for the Sunday paper, just follow the links:- [The truth does not lie midway between right and wrong](http://charman-anderson.com/2010/02/23/the-truth-does-not-lie-midway-between-right-and-wrong/) – Suw deconstructs one of the persistent myths of ‘balanced’ journalism - [Second Life’s
Afternoon Tea Reading 12th Jan 2010 Paid Members Public
The renaming just for Martin (blog [http://www.itsdevelopmental.com/], twitter [http://twitter.com/martincouzins]) who asked if I ever drank tea… - [News International starting to block paid-for aggregators from crawling its sites](http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-news-int.-will-also-block-sun-online-notw.co.uk-from-newsnow/). The paywall cometh… - [Which Flip should
Morning Coffee Reading - 6th Jan 2010 Paid Members Public
These are the perfect complement to your reflective caffeine moment today: - [Life as a modern journalist](http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/runway-girl/2010/01/like-wine-from-a-box-a-modern.html) (and why it’s like a box of wine) - [How to sound like a moron when talking about social media](http://www.
Noted In Passing Paid Members Public
* Kevin Anderson writes about the wikification of news [http://charman-anderson.com/2010/05/13/the-wiki-fication-of-news-topic-pages-and-collaboration/] – its move towards more collaborative models online * Dave Lee notes that recent moves by The Guardian look suspiciously like creating a network of niche B2B sites – and asks if that paves the way for some