I was recently quoted in the International Federation of the Periodical Press’ Magazine World report regarding iPhone apps. It was just passed through to me so I thought I would mention it for those interested (there are a couple of good articles in there – including the cover story on Syndication). You can read the [...]
on July 14th, 2009
Will paid content work? You can’t fall off the floor.
After the secretive meeting of newspaper executives a few weeks ago, at which the economic future of the industry was discussed in depth (see my thoughts here), there has been a splurge of coverage about the companies that are positioning themselves as the newspapers’ saviour. The Guardian recently reviewed the startup ecosystem that is forming [...]
on May 22nd, 2009
What can newspapers and magazines learn from record labels?
The music business has been feeling the pinch from free digital distribution, and in some ways it has felt it earlier than newspapers and magazines. So it’s worth looking there for some ideas on how the whole thing might play out. When it comes to the paid-versus-free content debate, which is currently raging across blogs [...]