Executive Views

Boston Globe To End Two-Site ‘Confusion’ With Metered Push

The Boston Globe says it will move to differentiate its two websites – one, free; the...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
Belgian media planning shared digital content passport
By Robert Andrews  
M&A analysis
Dailymotion nears ownership switch with kids subscription plan
By Robert Andrews  
Market indicators
Where Europe’s subscribers are — and aren’t
By Robert Andrews  
Funding analysis
Le Kiosk raising €5.6 million to make bundled tablet mags social
By Robert Andrews  
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Earnings analysis
FT digital subs pass 300,000, growing readership and revenue
By Robert Andrews  
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Funding analysis
In Warner’s stable, Deezer has funds for costly global Spotify fight
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Lessons learned: The Independent to drop American digital charges
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Company strategy
Apple can pick its moment to re-invent music again
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Spotify gets a leg-up in Germany from Deutsche Telekom bundling
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Guardian sees 2.1% of iPad readers pay
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Forty-two Polish news sites push Piano’s ‘pay’ switch
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Spotify rival WiMP has global ambitions, too – now it needs cash
By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy

HeraldScotland.com Will Charge Regular Readers £2.99 A Month

Back in August, we reported how HeraldScotland.com, run by Gannett’s Newsquest would ...

By Robert Andrews  
Company strategy
News Corp playing the subscription game with gusto – but, so far, alone
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  
Market indicators
Dilemma: Consumers using more media, paying less for it
By Robert Andrews  
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Company strategy
Spectator’s iPad magazine will have monthly ‘pay membrane’
By Robert Andrews  
Financial Times website now for registered users only
Company strategy
Financial Times website now for registered users only
By Robert Andrews  
Times Online blocks online media monitoring agency Meltwater
Company strategy
Times Online blocks online media monitoring agency Meltwater
By Robert Andrews  
Google helps FT.com limit online access
Company strategy
Google helps FT.com limit online access
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  
Who’d pay for content? That depends on who you ask …
Market indicators
Who’d pay for content? That depends on who you ask …
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  
Print and online ‘could work in tandem’
Market indicators
Print and online ‘could work in tandem’
By Robert Andrews  
News website users ‘willing to pay less than £10 a year’
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News website users ‘willing to pay less than £10 a year’
By Robert Andrews  
Only 5% of web users would pay for online news, reports survey
Market indicators
Only 5% of web users would pay for online news, reports survey
By Robert Andrews  
Economist.com considering charging for all content
Company strategy
Economist.com considering charging for all content
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  
The free genie is out of the bottle
Company strategy
The free genie is out of the bottle
By Robert Andrews  
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