Hoover’s Ends its Free News Alerts: Hoover’s, which is still mired in its takeover by D&B, has ended its free news alert service, according to… [PAID: the economics of content]
Dialog Makes Changes to Pricing…
Dialog Makes Changes to Pricing Strategy, Again: BIS provider Dialog has increased its fee for subscribers: “The full text of documents from news files are… [PAID: the economics of content]
Web Publishers See Signs Of…
Web Publishers See Signs Of Profitability, Stability: A round-up of how publishers such as MarketWatch.com, Washington Post, New York Times , Dow Jones may finally… [PAID: the economics of content]
What Keeps Newspaper.com Execs Awake…
What Keeps Newspaper.com Execs Awake at Night?: Answers: paid content, of course, among others! A short report from Newspaper Association of America’s Connections conference…. [PAID: the economics of content]
How does your newspaper site…
How does your newspaper site sleep? “Staying relevant” is the big challenge, according to one newspaper site executive. This would be the challenge for all media, the problem any Net site has is what to do when the novelty of online delivery, a few Flash animations (which turn out to be a lot more expensive than management would like) and…
Digging into the past….
Digging into the past….Here’s my first foray into weblogs via Manila, Pike and Editthispage.com.
Weblogs are for learners [1].
Weblogs are for learners. tellio II : How I Teach and Why It Is So Hard. Quote: “I have tried to convince them that weblogs are the most protean tool for learning ever made. Like a furnace and anvil, a weblog can make most of its own learning tools. It is self-contained yet all-connected. It is portable yet it is…
David Conspiracy, cont’d [1].
David Conspiracy, cont’d. In response to my posting about RSS yesterday, David Janes points to Janes’ Blogosphere, and a current post exlaining what he’s up to there. David Galbraith explains why Google doesn’t take advantage of RSS. Dave Winer explains how to support enclosures in aggregators. And David Rayners is way too technical for me, but looks like he’s up…
Nanopublishing? [1]. A Guardian article,…
Nanopublishing?. A Guardian article, New biz on the blog, looks at the ways in which people (people being Nick, with whom I’m working) are using weblogs to create new “thin media” or “nanopublishing” sites. The key with these new ventures is cost: because it’s low, revenue requirements remain in a reasonable realm (oy, illiteration overload, honestly that wasn’t intentional). By…
On Film and in Print,…
On Film and in Print, ‘The Quiet American’ Still Fascinates. Graham Greene’s 1956 novel endures, having served as a journalistic guidebook, a prophecy and even a tourist icon. By Martin F. Nolan. [New York Times: International]