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Newspapers need to capitalize on scarcity
Scarcity will drive the news organizations of the future and help them differentiate themselves from all the competition, says Nic Brisbourne, a partner at a European venture capital firm in a post on paidContent.org.
Newspapers, he says, have spent the last few decades enjoying a virtual monopoly on information and advertising distribution, but that monopoly has [...]
Posted in Miscellany Also tagged Chris Anderson, Jeff Jarvis, journalism, newspaper business models, newspapers, Nic Brisbourne, scarcity Comments closed
Information wants to be free... and expensive
Given how many electrons have been spilled of late over the “information wants to be free” versus micropayments debate, I thought it would be helpful to remember what author Stuart Brand actually (says he) said when he “coined” the phrase:
On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it’s so valuable. The right information [...]
Journalist Bailout Program
TypePad, one of the biggest subscription-based blogging providers, has offered free pro-level accounts to journalists and ex-journalists. I’m serious. You can check it out for yourself if you want. I already sent them an e-mail asking for an account.
I’m pretty notorious for using WordPress on all of my sites, but I can’t pass up the [...]
Posted in Digitalia, Social Networking Also tagged journalism, Social Networking, TypePad Comments closed
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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