Company strategy

Making free pay: seven lessons from media businesses that stopped charging

A wise man once said: “If you’re not paying for it, you’re the product.” That’s what ...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Jobs’ Legacy: An Actual Consumer Model For Digital Content
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
For The Towns With No Newspaper, Online Upstarts Try Filling A Gap
By Robert Andrews  
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How have publishers responded to the demise of Google Reader?
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
How UK Newspaper Subscriptions Stack Up
By Robert Andrews  
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After the paycheque is gone: Successful solo writers share their secrets
By Robert Andrews  
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UK Native Advertising: Is Mobile the Way to Go?
By Robert Andrews  
USA – Techonology – Google Introduces T-Mobile G1
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Mobile CTRs in the UK Aren’t Impressive
By Robert Andrews  
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Video and Mobile Are One Happy Couple in the UK
By Robert Andrews  
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How the right recommendation ignites digital consumption
By Robert Andrews  
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Belgian media planning shared digital content passport
By Robert Andrews  
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Can a ‘Spotify for books’ really work?
By Robert Andrews  
One Dart on Bull’s Eye While Three Darts are Off Target
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Coming in 2013 – targeted TV ads
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Search engines escape Russia’s internet blacklist

More and more sites are getting blacklisted by Russia’s new hitlist of digital child ...

By Robert Andrews  
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Leveson: Social media and blogs aren’t popular enough to carry proper news
By Robert Andrews  
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Leveson tied in knots over online news regulation
By Robert Andrews  
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Second-screen hopefuls hard-pressed to disrupt Hollywood ‘cabal’
By Robert Andrews  
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In China video wars, giants battle, upstart rides Android to homes
By Robert Andrews  
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Newspapers and streaming music: heavenly harmony or digital discord?
By Robert Andrews  
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Musicians get paltry pay from worldwide digital play
By Robert Andrews  
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Newspapers go to Rio for growth and discovery
By Robert Andrews  
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Could TV’s ‘second screen’ be used for even more TV?
By Robert Andrews  
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Japanese music pirates face jail, big fines
By Robert Andrews  
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TV sees itself in a ‘second screen’ primed for popularity
By Robert Andrews  
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French publishers unite real-time ad buying efforts
By Robert Andrews  
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Europe wants operators to share their spectrum
By Robert Andrews  
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Grocers’ digital dreams: Sainsbury’s launching VOD, Tesco ending MP3

The UK’s number-three supermarket is preparing to turn itself in to an online movie a...

By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
paidContent 50: Who’s up and who’s down
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
paidContent 50: 6 big takeaways from this year’s list
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
paidContent 50: The world’s most successful digital media companies
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Look out, Zynga; China’s online game giants are coming to America
By Robert Andrews  
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Poland is paid news content’s next frontline
By Robert Andrews  
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The world’s hottest digital markets: a music map
By Robert Andrews  
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Streamed music chart has short long tail, more Rihanna than Rita
By Robert Andrews  
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Scandinavia’s hottest digital startups: payments firms
By Robert Andrews  
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Dutch, Belgian publishers mull a ‘Spotify for newspapers’
By Robert Andrews  
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The Pinfluence Of Pinterest: Magazines And More Delight In Découpage
By Robert Andrews  
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Eight Slovenian Media To Start Charging For Some Online News
By Robert Andrews  
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What’s Coming In 2012: Internet TVs Out-Box The Boxes
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis

Latin America’s Digital Boom: It’s Coming From The South

Latin America’s online entertainment prospects are booming because an economic recove...

By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
Far-East Round-Up: Social, Mobile Gaming Are Soaring
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Updated: Newsstand’s Few Early Adopters Have Stolen A March On Laggards
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
It’s Time For Transparency On Music Streaming Rates
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
China’s Digital Media Are Super-Accelerated And Super-Competitive
By Robert Andrews  
TV And Internet Do Their Mating Dance At Edinburgh
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TV And Internet Do Their Mating Dance At Edinburgh
By Robert Andrews  
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Free Content To Blame For Newspapers’ Predicament?
By Robert Andrews  
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Tablets And Mobiles Still Await Their Killer Web App
By Robert Andrews  
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Will Consumers Baulk At Digital-Rental Lock-In?
By Robert Andrews  
Book Business Twists In To New Shapes To Face Its First Digital Challenge
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Book Business Twists In To New Shapes To Face Its First Digital Challenge
By Robert Andrews  
Here’s Why America Is Vital To UK Newspapers
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Here’s Why America Is Vital To UK Newspapers
By Robert Andrews  
So Much For The Big Guns’ Online Music Plans
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So Much For The Big Guns’ Online Music Plans
By Robert Andrews  
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Apple’s Landgrab Could Chill Or Cheer Content Subs
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Apple’s Landgrab Could Chill Or Cheer Content Subs

Subscription digital content is one of the most promising opportunities for moving tr...

By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
Newspaper Advertising: Give It Away, Give It Away Now?
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
Is Crowdfunding Working? Here’s What We Know
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Leaderboard: Europe’s Biggest Tech Exits
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Running The Numbers: Mobile Newspaper Subscriptions
By Robert Andrews  
Crowdfunding: How Does The Scene Stack Up?
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Crowdfunding: How Does The Scene Stack Up?
By Robert Andrews  
Goodbye 2010, Year Of The #Fail
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Goodbye 2010, Year Of The #Fail
By Robert Andrews  
Ad Pot At End Of VOD’s Rainbow Remains Elusive
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Ad Pot At End Of VOD’s Rainbow Remains Elusive
By Robert Andrews  
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Spending Review Key Points: Extra BBC Duties, E-Govt, Tech Spending Slashed
By Robert Andrews  
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France’s Newspaper Giveaway ‘Good Business’ For Publishers
By Robert Andrews  
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The French Government’s Plan To Save The News Business? Give Away Papers
By Robert Andrews  
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‘Permanent Artificial Respiration’: France Buys Its Citizens 210k News Subs
By Robert Andrews  
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First Look: Pop-Up Kids’ Books On iPad
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis

Is $10 The Magic Number In Online Publishing?

A growing school of thought in online publishing holds that, when you get down to bra...

By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
Digital Imitation Is A Form Of Flattery For Old-Guard Publishers
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
PaidContent: where UK newspapers get their traffic
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
The Celestial Jukebox: Unlimited Music Services Face Off
By Robert Andrews  
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Digiditions Flavour Of The Month For Cost-Conscious, Retrograde Regionals
By Robert Andrews  
Why E-readers Aren’t The Magic Pill Publishers Hope They Are
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Why E-readers Aren’t The Magic Pill Publishers Hope They Are
By Robert Andrews  
Paywalls ‘Will Produce More Corpses Than Successes’
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Paywalls ‘Will Produce More Corpses Than Successes’
By Robert Andrews  
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Mags Come, Mags Go: New Titles Can Grow From The Rubble
By Robert Andrews  
Free Or Paid?: Many Media Move In Different Directions
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Free Or Paid?: Many Media Move In Different Directions
By Robert Andrews  
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Wrong-Headed Newspaper Biz Tries Again To Charge For Links
By Robert Andrews  
Research: Going web-only could kill your newspaper
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Research: Going web-only could kill your newspaper
By Robert Andrews  
UK’s Copyright Freedoms Worst In The World, Consumer Group Says
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UK’s Copyright Freedoms Worst In The World, Consumer Group Says
By Robert Andrews  
Pay Wall Renaissance? Everyone’s Interested, But Few Are Yet Jumping
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Pay Wall Renaissance? Everyone’s Interested, But Few Are Yet Jumping
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis

Digital Britain Reax: It’s A Dog’s Dinner, Whichever Way You Look At It

The UK’s two main music organisations have bemoaned Lord Carter’s coy, cumbersome, in...

By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
France Saves Its Newspaper Biz By Giving Free Subs To 18-Year-Olds
By Robert Andrews  
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Danish Newspapers Still In Dark Ages Over Story Links
By Robert Andrews  
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Election Section Perfection?: News Sites’ Presidential Strategies Prize Blogs, Tweets, Maps
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
Freesheets Datapoint: Germans Likely To Pay For News, Icelanders Not So Much
By Robert Andrews  
All-You-Can-Eat Mobile Music: A Market Waiting To Explode?
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All-You-Can-Eat Mobile Music: A Market Waiting To Explode?
By Robert Andrews  
Internet TV (And TV Internet) Getting Nearer And Nearer
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Internet TV (And TV Internet) Getting Nearer And Nearer
By Robert Andrews  
Editors Warm To Free Model, Plan Integration, Fear Youth Drop-Off
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Editors Warm To Free Model, Plan Integration, Fear Youth Drop-Off
By Robert Andrews  
Music Biz Would Rather Tax iPods Than Legitimise Format Shifting
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Music Biz Would Rather Tax iPods Than Legitimise Format Shifting
By Robert Andrews  
Big International Appetite For UK’s Online News
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Big International Appetite For UK’s Online News
By Robert Andrews  
EC Plans Single Market For Mobile, Online Content
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EC Plans Single Market For Mobile, Online Content
By Robert Andrews  
Sunday Papers Remain Engaging, In Smaller Numbers
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Sunday Papers Remain Engaging, In Smaller Numbers
By Robert Andrews  
European Publishers, Eyeing Global Ad Cash, Turn To English Translations
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European Publishers, Eyeing Global Ad Cash, Turn To English Translations
By Robert Andrews  
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