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View ArticleDeath By Innovation: How Newspapers Ruined Their Own Industry
Source: Death By Innovation: How Newspapers Ruined Their Own Industry
View ArticleDeath By Innovation: How Newspapers Ruined Their Own Industry
newspapers waited until too late to innovate aggressively and prepare for the massive changes resulting from the digital distribution of information. Newspapers closed or suffered layoffs at an...
View ArticleIt was 20 years ago: Marking Netscape’s gamble on open source
Netscape browser was losing out to Microsoft Explorer, and then they opened up their source code, giving way to Mozilla and Firefox. That’s abbreviating the detailed history of how Firefox became a...
View ArticleApply Magic Sauce – Prediction API –
Copy/paste some text you have written and get psycho-profile. Mine was right in some aspects, but pegged me as 31 years old. From University of Cambridge. Apply Magic Sauce translates individuals’...
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Dilbert Explains Donald Trump – The Wall Street Journal – Blendle
Mr. Adams considered the possibility but concluded after further observation that it was a matter of sophisticated technique. On his Dilbert.com blog, he started analyzing Mr. Trump’s tactics through...
View ArticleThe Day The Muzak Died: A Toe-Tapping, Annoying History
Just rebranded as Mood, the sleep-inducing tunes will still play in elevators everywhere. Source: The Day The Muzak Died: A Toe-Tapping, Annoying History | Fast Company | Business + Innovation by ADDY...
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The power of 1,000 page views | David Higgerson
Not for the first time in recent months, a ‘Twitter storm’ has been sparked by someone querying the digital content strategy we have adopted at Trinity Mirror’s regional ti… Source: The power of...
View ArticleOnline Publishing Insider: Can Micropayments Help The Publishing Industry?
Micropayments for publishing have been the subject of significant debate for a number of years, garnering a combination of staunch supporters and loud critics. In general, supporters think that...
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This 1 Weird Trick Can Help People Grow Their Savings
People are psychologically predisposed to believe the key to staying out of financial trouble is earning more—but they’re wrong Source: This 1 Weird Trick Can Help People Grow Their Savings “Our...
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How Many Photographs of You Are Out There In the World?
Now that cameras are ubiquitous, photographs of ordinary people are everywhere, too. Source: How Many Photographs of You Are Out There In the World? ON teens and photos today: “…teens today take a lot...
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Micropayments Gain Momentum With Major News Publishers in Europe
The New York Times and Axel Springer are among the backers for Dutch micropayments platform, Blendle, which has set its sights on expansion into the U.S. Source: Micropayments Gain Momentum With Major...
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Should Governments Nudge Us to Make Good Choices?
Never mind the nanny state, when policy makers use behavioral science to influence our decisions, everybody wins Source: Should Governments Nudge Us to Make Good Choices?
View ArticleSix weeks into its micropayment strategy, The Winnipeg Free Press preps for a...
About 1,300 readers are paying 27 cents a story. “It’s going to take time for people to recognize that they can enter into this agreement with us to read now and pay later and willingly refund.”...
View ArticleMicropayments Get Another Look 08/10/2015
Publishers decide what to charge for different kinds of content, and iMoneza takes a small percentage of each transaction as a commission. There are no other costs to the publisher or consumer. The...
View ArticleThe Death of Snackable Content
Today’s readers want more than listicles and clickbait, and this is driving meaningful change across the digital publishing industry. Source: The Death of Snackable Content This is part of the...
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When automated reporting misses the nuance
Here is a good post fro commonsense blog, by Doug Fisher
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Content Individualized for Each Reader
A Sunday newspaper printed a cartoon strip unique to each copy of this week’s edition, in what is thought to be a world first. The Sunday Post has made use of publisher DC Thomson’s new printing...
View ArticleMicropayments. Again. Tipsy takes no cut.
Instead of paying a fixed amount for every story read, like a typical micropayment, readers volunteer to pay a flat amount — say $5, $20, or whatever a month. The user picks the amount and the time...
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New App Uses GPS Data To Turn Anyone With An iPhone Into A Photojournalist
A mockup of Fresco’s GPS-driven tool to find local users for a breaking story. Image via Fresco. Fresco wants to change the way the news is made. The New York-based company’s app creates a feed of news...
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