Comments on: Why iTunes is not a workable model for the newspaper business

By: Toon me het geld; wat u erover op sites vond» RethinkingMedia

Toon me het geld; wat u erover op sites vond» RethinkingMedia — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:43:29 +0000

[...] Augmented Reality Issue Turns Old Media New, Kind Of Geld verdienen met augmented reality? Why iTunes is not a workable model for the newspaper business ,,iTunes relies on several unusual characteristics for its success, characteristics that are not [...]

By: Clay Shirky: Let a thousand flowers bloom to replace newspapers; don’t build a paywall around a public good » Nieman Journalism Lab

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:27:19 +0000

[...] journalism in a world of declining newspapers. Even for those of us familiar with his ideas, he brought in a few new wrinkles, which have already been the subject of commentary around the [...]

By: Les paywalls n’ont aucune chance. Explication n°876 | Owni.fr

Les paywalls n’ont aucune chance. Explication n°876 | Owni.fr — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:27:20 +0000

[...] Plus ça rate, plus on a de chances que ça marche. Des archives payantes aux abonnements au pay-as-you-read, le manque d’imagination des managers de presse en ligne est frappant. Tout le monde cherche à copier iTunes, alors même qu’un article n’a pas grand chose à voir avec un morceau. [...]

By: Newspapers and Google News | Screenzine

Newspapers and Google News | Screenzine — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:09:30 +0000

[...] Clay Shirky, who wrote the influential piece Newspapers and the Unthinkable, doesn’t believe an iTunes could work for newspapers. But actually there is already an iTunes for newspapers. It’s [...]

By: Revolutions in the media economy (1) – the context of crisis | David Campbell -- Photography, Multimedia, Politics

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:12:03 +0000

[...] news stories might be a better approach than a comprehensive pay wall then — aside from questioning the idea there can be an ‘iTunes for news’ — we should ask if this is a good scenario: would journalists like their proprietors to judge [...]

By: Why is Clay Shirky singing the wrong tune? « clikserv.com

Why is Clay Shirky singing the wrong tune? « clikserv.com — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:46:30 +0000

[...] his blog, Prof. Shirky claims that micropayments would not work for newspapers, similar to the iTunes-music [...]

By: The Digital Wing » Blog Archive » Five ways paid content can work

The Digital Wing » Blog Archive » Five ways paid content can work — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:43:20 +0000

[...] - forget charging for breaking news or news headlines. The audience simply won’t value it enough to pay when they can find another site that will [...]

By: Should news site charge for ad-free experience | Save the Media

Should news site charge for ad-free experience | Save the Media — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:12:48 +0000

[...] remember the main complaint about the iTunes idea when it first surfaced a while back was that a news story isn’t something people want to read again and again the way they might replay their favorite song. I think Jackie’s point is that it could work [...]

By: Newspaper Dons Collude to Charge for Content » Mocha Bianca - Even Better Than the Real Thing

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:13:04 +0000

[...] as Clay Shirky points out, newspapers can’t establish a monopoly on the news, even if every single one of them acts in [...]

By: Newspapers Still Determined to Charge for Online Content « Metaholic Musings

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:32:54 +0000

[...] as Clay Shirky points out, newspapers can’t establish a monopoly on the news, even if every single one of them acts in [...]