Over 4/10 Europeans want free online content…without even any ads

Posted on December 13th, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

Another study to put the nail into the paywall coffin comes from the Gfk Group (via NewTeeVee), which found that only 13% of people will pay for online content.   And that’s 13% across the US AND Eu...

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Over 4/10 Europeans want free online content…without even any ads

Tools vs Toys vs Talent

Posted on December 2nd, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

Yesterday’s NY Times had an article about Cormac McCarthy’s typewriter being auctioned off for charity.  I read the article because I enjoy his work and like to read basically anything about him.  H...

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Top 50 Journalism Blogs from Journalism Journeyman

Posted on November 30th, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

As Journalism Journeyman reports with online venues and mobile phones, many amateur and professional journalists are asking, “What is a journalist, and where is this field headed?” We have asked the...

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Murdoch and Google – a case of cutting off your nose to spite your face?

Posted on November 10th, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

Following Rupert Murdoch’s comment that he might in future hide his news sites from Google, there’s obviously been a fair amount of discussion about it.  Ben Kunz’s take on the issue, including a lo...

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The World’s Only Analog Blog

Posted on November 1st, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

The “blog” is well-understood, having become a household word in the Americas and Europe, but in a Monrovia, the capital city of the west African nation of Liberia, you may not even recognize them...

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Reading the Telegraph costs the British economy £1.38bn

Posted on October 26th, 2009 in Social Media | Comments Off

"Churnalism is a form of journalism in which press releases, wire stories and other forms of pre-packaged material are used to create articles in newspapers and other news media in order to meet incre...

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Reading the Telegraph costs the British economy £1.38bn