Monthly Archives: January 2010

Sunday reads

With Apple Tablet, Print Media Hope for a Payday (Brad Stone and Stephanie Clifford, The New York Times) Debate over paywalls needs a new metaphor; none of these are walls (Brian Cubbison, Syracuse.com) Now Trending: Local Trends (Twitter blog) Foursquare, … Continue reading

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The theory behind a paywall for a small-market, local newspaper

Early in my internship with Serra Media, I’ve  had the opportunity to work with journalists and managers in the new media field. It’s been enjoyable learning about different strategies and reasons behind newspaper’s decisions. This post was written for Serra … Continue reading

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Sunday reads

All the News That’s Fit to Download: How significant is The New York Times’s decision to charge for its Web content? Very, says Steven Brill. (Steven Brill, Newsweek) Documentary on the end of The Rocky Mountain News (Video) Dialing in … Continue reading

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GQ sees iPhone app numbers increase, could be a good sign

About two months ago, I brought up how GQ beginning to sell issues of its magazine as an Apple iPhone app. For $2.99, buyers would a digital version of the publication, as well as multimedia, video, audio and everything else … Continue reading

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The New York Times will charge for online access

And there it is. With recent reports surfacing that the New York Times would experiment with an online paywall, the Times announced today that it will start to charge readers for online content. This pretty much sums up the news: … Continue reading

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Sunday reads

News media and college students: A match made in heaven? Monetizing sports content on mobile devices Re-imagining the Future of Journalism news:rewired Hyperlocal and community Social Media Has ‘Central Role in Our Newsgathering,’ Says AP’s Lauren McCullough University to run … Continue reading

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What’s going to happen to sports journalism?

This post was originally written for and published on Journalism 2.0. The blog is run by Mark Briggs, who is the CEO of Serra Media, the company I’m interning with this semester. Throughout the semester, I’ll be writing blog posts … Continue reading

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