newsletters
Engaged Reading Digest: the subscriptions edition
Five reads on subscriptions and membership models, to give you some hope about the future of journalism.
Yes, Facebook is tracking you when you aren’t logged in
Not really a surprise, but it’s good to hear it confirmed.
analytics
Sustainably profitable digital publishing - #newsrw
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
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#next11 #media - New metrics for a new media age
Warning: Liveblogging. Here be inaccuracy, errors and typos Pablo Metz [http://www.mbr-research.eu/] How similar are the Union Flag and the Tricolore? Both flags… Bike and a ball? Not very. Expcept, they’re both things people buy for their kids. This is the problem data has right now. Measurable
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#next11 - Boon and Bane of Analytics
Warning: liveblogging. Here be error, inaccuracy and typos… Media track session on data-drive publishing… Host:Anitra Eggler [http://www.anitra-eggler.com/] Started as a journalist, became infected by the media fever, and ran several startups from the mid-90s. One principle: whereever there is an elephant in the room we like
data
Getting our grubby paws on iPad subscriber data
Well, now, this is interesting, isn’t it? > Although the idea of giving iPad owners a choice of whether or not to divulge their name, email and zipcode sent chills through some publishers, a report finds nearly 50 percent of people click the “allow” button. For some time, Apple
comments
Facebook Comments: a social data honeytrap?
Facebook wants to be your comments service [http://mashable.com/2011/03/02/facebook-vp-explains-new-comments-system-video/] . A few weeks ago, it revamped its Facebook Comments service [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_now_powers_comments_all_around_the_web.php] , and relaunched, grabbing sites like Techcrunch [http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/06/
apple
Can we be honest about user data?
You know, the publishing business might not be doing itself any favours with its fervent opposition to the Apple subscription terms [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2011/02/a_little_devils_advocacy_on_ipad_subs.html] . The more posts like this [http://counternotions.com/2011/02/16/stores/] that appear,