The Times

Cross-platform subs: sign of The Times Members Public

[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/02/Photo-Feb-17%2C-13-06-03.jpg] Spotted on my morning commute: heavy promotion for subscriptions to *The Times* as a cross-platform offer.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
business models

The Times opens up (a little) 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/

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
feeds

Time(s) for the weekend papers... Members Public

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/12/DD8813C0-9AF6-455E-8EE8-EDFFD42557511.jpg] Time for a little Times update, as it were. The last time we spoke about it [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2010/11/on_those_times_paywall_numbers.html] , I was considering dumping either my Times online

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
iPad

On those Times paywall numbers Members Public

I am surprised by the amount of positive reaction that’s going around to the news that The Times has around 105,000 paying online customers of various stripes. (Full break-down of the numbers.) Partially I’m surprised, because nobody seems to be comparing acquisition cost to revenue, as well

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
iPad

#likeminds - Guy Clapperton Shows Us The Money Members Public

[![Guy Clapperton](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/10/guyclapperton-thumb-520x346-1750.jpg?resize=520%2C346)](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/10/guyclapperton.jpg) [Guy Clapperton](http://homepage.mac.com/guyclapperton/Personalpage), author of [This is Social Media: Tweet, Blog, Link and Post

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
business models

Low tech solutions to paywall problems Members Public

I confess: for all my “meh” about paywalls, I currently have paid access to The Times’ new websites. There are a couple of bloggers I actively miss, and think *might *be worth the money. Yesterday, I spotted this on Ruth Gledhill’s blog [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/faith/

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
news international

End of an Era Members Public

The grand experiment is about to begin: [![](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/06/1C32A675-5FEA-428C-9C08-A224A5136E7Eiphone_photo.jpg?resize=370%2C493)](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/06/1C32A675-5FEA-428C-9C08-A224A5136E7Eiphone_photo.jpg) Now we find out if pay walls can work…Location:[The Quadrant,

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
monetisation

The Times, They Are a'iPadding Members Public

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/06/IMG_0005.png] **The Good**: The navigation is surprisingly fluid and intuitive. You can either read the the whole issue as you might the paper edition, swiping through each section in turn. Or, you can pick and choose the

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
apps