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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  
Conference reports
Old media’s prospects have improved but the new media threat looms large
By Robert Andrews  
Market analysis
How the right recommendation ignites digital consumption
By Robert Andrews  
Essays
Forget digital media; let’s get physical
By Robert Andrews  
Interviews
The Information’s Jessica Lessin on building a subscription business – video
By Robert Andrews  
Robert Andrews, Stephen van Rooyen and Nicola Mendelsohn at Changing Media Summit 2016
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Changing Media Summit
Fireside chat: Innovation and partnerships
Hosted by Robert Andrews  
Changing Media Summit 2017
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Changing Media Summit
Fireside chat: Making partnerships work
Hosted by Robert Andrews  
Guardian Changing Media Summit
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Changing Media Summit
Then and now: adapting and profiting from ten years of digital disruption
Hosted by Robert Andrews  
Robert Andrews interviews Jessica Lessin
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Changing Media Summit
Fireside chat: paywalls, audiences and rebooting tech news
Hosted by Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
The X Factor ITV ad campaigns compared: a tale of missed chances?
By Robert Andrews  
Exploring the growth of branded content and native advertising – video
Conference reports
Exploring the growth of branded content and native advertising – video
By Robert Andrews  
Bonin Bough at Changing Media Summit
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Changing Advertising Summit
Branded content master class
Hosted by Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Ofcom report unveils stark realities of mobile TV consumption for operators
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

YouTube’s TV battle depends on improved content and easier access

Last month on Media Network, a war of words broke out — about a battle of video platf...

By Robert Andrews  
Essays
Good customer service: what not to do
By Robert Andrews  
Essays
Naysayers should look at the history of mobile to recognise wearable tech’s disruptive potential
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
What Apple’s indulgent ads say about life after Steve Jobs
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Microsoft’s Xbox One: Always on, always watching?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Jam tomorrow for Xbox One’s TV dreams?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Yahoo’s $1.1bn Tumblr gamble is a power bet on native advertising
By Robert Andrews  
Brand Matters: why creating the right brand is critical for business success
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Brand Matters: why creating the right brand is critical for business success
Hosted by Robert Andrews  
Changing Media Summit – The future of music in a data driven world
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Changing Media Summit
The future of music in a data driven world
Hosted by Robert Andrews  
Paywalls, subscriptions and new paid content models
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Paywalls, subscriptions and new paid content models
Joined by Robert Andrews  
Changing Media Summit music panel
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Changing Media Summit
Music for a digital generation
Hosted by Robert Andrews  
Changing Media Summit 2011 – Future Sound: Creative and commercial opportunities in the music and audio industries
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Changing Media Summit
Future Sound: Creative and commercial opportunities in the music and audio industries
Hosted by Robert Andrews  
Another Nokia exec out: UK head jumps to Pace as president
Company strategy
Another Nokia exec out: UK head jumps to Pace as president
By Robert Andrews  
Conference reports

Vodafone: more data tiers will come on mobile networks

Vodafone seems set to introduce further data tiers, as networks get serious about man...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
‘Nokia is back – and we’re not sorry that we’re not Apple’ declares exec
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Ambitious STV expects strong online income growth
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Pure, Shazam, 7digital team to sell music downloads through radios
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Spotify’s top designer leaving to join Facebook
By Robert Andrews  
Times puts some ads outside the wall and on iPad as web display reduces
Company strategy
Times puts some ads outside the wall and on iPad as web display reduces
By Robert Andrews  
In unlimited music race, Rdio has beaten Spotify to US launch
Company strategy
In unlimited music race, Rdio has beaten Spotify to US launch
By Robert Andrews  
News Corp playing the subscription game with gusto – but, so far, alone
Company strategy
News Corp playing the subscription game with gusto – but, so far, alone
By Robert Andrews  
Apple to analysts: Supply issues ‘a good problem to have’
Company strategy
Apple to analysts: Supply issues ‘a good problem to have’
By Robert Andrews  
New Bebo chief executive: We’ll staff up, innovate, then maybe sell
Company strategy
New Bebo chief executive: We’ll staff up, innovate, then maybe sell
By Robert Andrews  
BBC websites cost users 67p per month
Company strategy
BBC websites cost users 67p per month
By Robert Andrews  
PaidContent: where UK newspapers get their traffic
Market analysis
PaidContent: where UK newspapers get their traffic
By Robert Andrews  
iPad news figs: UK’s Times sold 5,000, FT shifted 130,000, WSJ 10,000 subs
Company strategy
iPad news figs: UK’s Times sold 5,000, FT shifted 130,000, WSJ 10,000 subs
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Yell buying TrustedPlaces to inject user reviews in too Yellow Pages

It\'s lost more than a tenth of its revenue in the last year; now it\'s buying one of...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
New UK PM crashes O2 Network? Update: No, – it was builders
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
2009 music sales shed $1 billion, while US downloads stagnant
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
SundayTimes.co.uk’s paying readers can set Sky TV recordings
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Mail Online: ‘Why we’re staying free’
By Robert Andrews  
Dilemma: Consumers using more media, paying less for it
Market indicators
Dilemma: Consumers using more media, paying less for it
By Robert Andrews  
Last.fm silences on-demand music, depends on third parties
Company strategy
Last.fm silences on-demand music, depends on third parties
By Robert Andrews  
Digital economy bill: A quick guide
Company strategy
Digital economy bill: A quick guide
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Spectator’s iPad magazine will have monthly ‘pay membrane’
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Financial Times to launch free sponsored iPad app
By Robert Andrews  
Financial Times website now for registered users only
Company strategy
Financial Times website now for registered users only
By Robert Andrews  
Paywall on-ramps get a workaround
Company strategy
Paywall on-ramps get a workaround
By Robert Andrews  
Changing Media Summit 2010 – What does the future sound like?
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Changing Media Summit
What does the future sound like?
Hosted by Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Times Online blocks online media monitoring agency Meltwater

The public relations news monitor Meltwater, which is still refusing to pay UK news...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
MSN Video takes on BBC iPlayer with ad-supported online TV offering
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Google helps FT.com limit online access
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Research shows that the internet has eaten newspaper ads
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Daily Mail buys two more property web domains
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Live Indian Premier League cricket ‘to be shown on YouTube’
By Robert Andrews  
German news publishers file complaint against Google
Company strategy
German news publishers file complaint against Google
By Robert Andrews  
Murdoch may knock Google, but his papers still cultivate it
Company strategy
Murdoch may knock Google, but his papers still cultivate it
By Robert Andrews  
Google could be granted copyright immunity in UK law
Company strategy
Google could be granted copyright immunity in UK law
By Robert Andrews  
As youngsters switch to online news, should Scotland give them more paper?
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As youngsters switch to online news, should Scotland give them more paper?
By Robert Andrews  
YouTube, iPlayer, Sky? Who’ll win the mass market for video on demand?
Company strategy
YouTube, iPlayer, Sky? Who’ll win the mass market for video on demand?
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
FT.com goes even more premium
By Robert Andrews  
Project Canvas threatened by TVs with built-in internet
Company strategy
Project Canvas threatened by TVs with built-in internet
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators

Who’d pay for content? That depends on who you ask …

After our PCUK/Harris poll in September, there\'s been no shortage of research on p...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Times Online will relaunch next spring as paywall goes up
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
C4 invests in political blogger Slugger O’Toole
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Phorm UK chief steps down
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Trinity Mirror boss: regionals should move into PR
By Robert Andrews  
‘Paywall is not a panacea’: publishers seek more nuanced alternatives
Company strategy
‘Paywall is not a panacea’: publishers seek more nuanced alternatives
By Robert Andrews  
PA’s public news pool could cost £18m nationwide
Company strategy
PA’s public news pool could cost £18m nationwide
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
AsianCorrespondent.com to build far-east foreign reporting collective
By Robert Andrews  
Google’s UK income returns to growth
Company strategy
Google’s UK income returns to growth
By Robert Andrews  
Online content attracts fewer buyers, news sites even fewer
Market indicators
Online content attracts fewer buyers, news sites even fewer
By Robert Andrews  
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Insights
Feargal Sharkey reasserts filesharing commitment at Labour conference
By Robert Andrews  
Online news growth tailing off in 2009
Market indicators
Online news growth tailing off in 2009
By Robert Andrews  
Print and online ‘could work in tandem’
Market indicators
Print and online ‘could work in tandem’
By Robert Andrews  
Insights

News website users ‘willing to pay less than £10 a year’

So far, in our exclusive paidContent:UK/Harris Interactive poll, we\'ve learned that...

By Robert Andrews  
Insights
US bringing most traffic growth to UK news sites
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Spotify’s Daniel Ek: why I believe in a freemium model
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Only 5% of web users would pay for online news, reports survey
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Economist.com considering charging for all content
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Lessons from the Beatles’ digital reboot
By Robert Andrews  
HMV buying half of digital music retailer 7Digital
Company strategy
HMV buying half of digital music retailer 7Digital
By Robert Andrews  
Why a pay-for BBC Online could backfire on the whingers
Company strategy
Why a pay-for BBC Online could backfire on the whingers
By Robert Andrews  
UK micropayment network set for mid-2010 trial
Company strategy
UK micropayment network set for mid-2010 trial
By Robert Andrews  
Orange buying Unanimis, forms multimedia ad network
Company strategy
Orange buying Unanimis, forms multimedia ad network
By Robert Andrews  
Industry Moves: Dopplr’s Jones Joining Schulze & Webb
Company strategy
Industry Moves: Dopplr’s Jones Joining Schulze & Webb
By Robert Andrews  
Spotify now making universal more money than iTunes, in Sweden
Company strategy
Spotify now making universal more money than iTunes, in Sweden
By Robert Andrews  
Li Ka-Shing confirms Spotify stake, will tie up with 3, INQ
Company strategy
Li Ka-Shing confirms Spotify stake, will tie up with 3, INQ
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Legal Pirate Bay pledges rights monitoring, bidder says cash secured

The Swedish cybercafe software maker planning to legalise The Pirate Bay says it has ...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
SpinVox boardroom shuffle
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Dan Wagner will use Shiny Blogs to build fashion network
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Pay-to-read – cash cow, or red herring?
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Pirate Bay bidder dreams of floating on Nasdaq
By Robert Andrews  
What does Spotify’s funding say about freemium music fortunes?
Company strategy
What does Spotify’s funding say about freemium music fortunes?
By Robert Andrews  
SpinVox gets emergency funds
Company strategy
SpinVox gets emergency funds
By Robert Andrews  
Trinity’s Bailey: Paid content may be ‘the next stage’, but audience comes first
Company strategy
Trinity’s Bailey: Paid content may be ‘the next stage’, but audience comes first
By Robert Andrews  
Interview: Christina Domecq, CEO, Spinvox (Pt 1): Managing through the crunch
Interviews
Interview: Christina Domecq, CEO, Spinvox (Pt 1): Managing through the crunch
By Robert Andrews  
Broadband Content Bits: Viadeo, ITN on YouTube, MuZu and more
Company strategy
Broadband Content Bits: Viadeo, ITN on YouTube, MuZu and more
By Robert Andrews  
Google to newspapers: go ahead and block us with robots.txt if you like
Company strategy
Google to newspapers: go ahead and block us with robots.txt if you like
By Robert Andrews  
PR industry attacks Newspaper Licensing Agency over new scraping rules
Company strategy
PR industry attacks Newspaper Licensing Agency over new scraping rules
By Robert Andrews  
SpinVox paying staff in stock to save on costs
Company strategy
SpinVox paying staff in stock to save on costs
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

Spotify VC search reportedly seeking up to £30 Million

We first reported last week that Spotify may be looking to raise some venture money. ...

By Robert Andrews  
Conference reports
@ MEM: Mobile Biz Expects Content Sales To Keep Growing
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Current TV Moves From Social Video To Social Networking
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
BBC: ‘The jury’s out on Phorm’; targeted ads good in principle
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Yell.com stops competing with Google, sells its adWords instead
By Robert Andrews  
The free genie is out of the bottle
Company strategy
The free genie is out of the bottle
By Robert Andrews  
Spotify digital music Q&A
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Radio Reborn
Spotify digital music Q&A
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