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I Wish That You’d Pay for Web Content. But Would You?

Friday, May 15, 2009

Imagine someone spending fifteen years furiously digging themselves into a deep, dangerous hole…and then bitterly complaining about the fact that he or she is trapped at the bottom of a deep, dangerous hole. That’s the situation with today’s media industry..of which, of course, I count myself as a member. Starting in the mid-1990s, publishers began [...]

Is The Web The Solution for America’s Troubled Newspaper Industry?

Monday, March 16, 2009

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With the sudden news that the country is about to lose another high-circulation paper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, it is becoming increasingly clear that in an attempt to stay relevant, these companies are betting on the web for their salvation. The P-I will move to a online only source a la the Huffington Post, but it will [...]

Ziff-Davis: The Legendary Magazine Publisher Publishes Magazines No More

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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This news has more to do with dead trees than electrons, but I can’t resist: Ziff Davis has announced that it’s selling its 1Up network of gaming sites to Hearst and shutting down Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine. Coming around six weeks after the company discontinued the print version of PC Magazine, the news leaves ZD [...]