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One way newspaper paywalls could work: Sport
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| Of course, there is one major drawback with this idea. There is evidence that
| moving sport from free-to-air to pay-TV is damaging some games at a grass
| roots level â sticking online media coverage behind a paywall may only make
| matters worse. But thatâs another issueâ
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http://billbennett.co.nz/2009/08/11/newspaper-pay-wall-work/
Behind a billionaireâs interest in the Globe
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| While the Readerâs story noted how unusual it was for owners of a newspaper
| to threaten another newspaper over publication of a news story, Barnhill
| said: âWe urged them to be extremely careful to ensure that they didnât
| publish anything inaccurate, misleading, or defamatory. Thatâs a standard we
| would expect any news organization to adhere to, including not just our own
| but also those that cover us.ââ
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http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2009/08/08/globe_suitor_investment_firm_platinum_equity_known_for_cost_cutting/
Why Murdoch, the old media reactionary, is wrong to charge for content
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| I have never received so many calls from so many places across the world to
| talk about the momentous decision by Rupert Murdoch to charge people for
| access to his newspaper websites.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2009/aug/07/charging-for-content-rupert-murdoch
Five Key Reasons Why Newspapers Are Failing
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| 1. Consumers donât pay for news. They have never paid for news.
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| The problem of the daily press in the U.S. is exclusively this: the collapse
| of its business model. That model used to be, plainly put, making moneyâa lot
| of money, oceans of moneyâdelivering advertising on newsprint into peoplesâ
| homes. Subscribers didnât pay for news. Advertisers did.
|
| Remember âshoppers,â the poorly designed throwaway publications filled with
| tacky little ads? Daily newspapers are high-end shoppers.
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http://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/five-key-reasons-why-newspapers-are-failing
Recent:
Rupert Murdoch vs. Rupert Murdoch On Free vs. Paid News Websites
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| Either way, given those statements, perhaps it's no surprise at all that
| Murdoch is now planning to put paywalls across all his online news properties
| in the relatively near future. Apparently the plan will be based on the WSJ
| model, meaning that some stories were be available for free, but there will
| be severe limits. Given how many old school newspaper guys have talked about
| putting up a paywall, this isn't much of a surprise (though, it is still odd
| given his comments from two years ago).
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090805/1904295782.shtml
Murdoch Wants A Google Rebellion
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| The media mogul says Google is stealing from publishers. It could be the call
| to arms that newsrooms need.
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http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/03/rupert-murdoch-google-business-media-murdoch.html
Who's Messing With the Google Book Settlement? Hint: They're in Redmond,
Washington
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| The only obstacle remaining for the settlement to take effect is final court
| approval. Given a case of this scope, it's not too surprising that a number
| of interested parties might lodge objections or ask for changes. Nor is it
| terribly surprising that at least one party nudging its way into the
| settlement is an internet-issues-oriented group from New York Law School.
|
| But what does raise an eyebrow is the source of New York Law's funding on
| this matter: Microsoft.
|
| [...]
|
| And, oh, by the way, he also discloses that the efforts of "the second oldest
| independent law school in the United States" is funded in part by Google's
| main competitor, Microsoft.
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| The chief investigator of the New York Law School project is James
| Grimmelmann. In an earlier career phase, associate law professor Grimmelmann
| worked as a programmer for Microsoft.
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http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/03/whos-messing-wi.html
Is Microsoft Guilty of Bogus* Polling? Yes.
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| That is classic push polling. If you want people to respond one way, ask them
| leading questions or feed them information that represents just one side in
| the debate. And it worked here: after hearing the statement about Barnett
| respondents (who, again, were not very familiar with the deal) claimed, by a
| score of 80-20 that government regulators did the right thing.
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http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/is-microsoft-gu.html
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