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A great conversation on the new news system
Spend some quality time with this: A five-part video of NYU professors Jay Rosen and Clay Shirky interviewing each other about what’s happening to news. Total runtime is about 52 minutes, broken into five segments. It’s well worth the time.
7 revelations about Google
Jeff Jarvis got some prime access at Davos to the top executives at Google and has a great post at Buzzmachine detailing the questions and answers. The whole thing is worth a read, but I want to quickly highlight 7 … Continue reading
Wednesday event showdown: Apple tablet vs. Obama’s speech
Two big events will dominate the news on Wednesday. Apple is announcing a much anticipated new tablet computer, and President Obama is giving his biggest annual policy address, the State of the Union. Which is most important? Let’s break it … Continue reading
Why NYT’s metered model is a big gamble
The New York Times has decided that direct consumer payments for content must be a part of its online revenue mix. The metered paywall plan announced today was envisioned as a safe way to test the waters, keeping a mix … Continue reading
NYT plans to charge online: Will it work?
The paywall debate is about to move from words to actions. In the biggest large-scale test of whether a news website can successfully charge readers for access, The New York Times is about to announce an online subscription model, New … Continue reading
5 questions that “future of news” panels should be asking
There are frequent panel discussions these days to discuss the future of news. But too often they stick to tired questions: Will paywalls work? Will e-readers save print media? For a possibly more revealing discussion, here are five questions that … Continue reading
Discussion: What is the value of reader comments?
The discussion about the value and role of reader comments on news and blogs can be as divided as the commenters themselves. Join a discussion in the comments below: Where do you stand? Are reader comments a useful tool for … Continue reading
Comments are messy, but so is life — editors should get over it
I’m engaged in (what I thought was an old) discussion at work about the value of reader comments on news stories. Others’ concerns are the nastiness of some commenters, and the (flawed) logic that we wouldn’t print it in the … Continue reading
Google CEO Schmidt hints at “very powerful display advertising solutions” to help news websites
From an article in the Telegraph: (Google CEO Eric) Schmidt … to him the revenue model the newspaper industry will have to use comes after a pretty simple, and essentially binary, decision. “The simplest model to think about is that … Continue reading
