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Who’s Ready to Pay for News?

by Allen Weiner  |  January 26, 2010  |  Comments Off

Apparently, as Newsday found out, only 35 people signed up to pay $5 a week for full access to Newsday.com. So, if Apple and other tableteers are not prepared to offer ad platforms for their content marketplaces, we could hear a loud thud in the digital publishing space.

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Newspapers on Tablets May Be Over-Hyped

by Allen Weiner  |  January 21, 2010  |  4 Comments

I must admit, as a former digital newspaper executive, I was caught up in the frenzy and promise that forthcoming tablet devices, from Apple, HP, etc.. would help print publishers and other “old media” sorts get off life support and into the black. While this is a topic we will examine in greater detail in [...]

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