May
11th
Mon
11th
Wall Street Journal: micropagamenti per contenuti di nicchia
Il sistema, afferma il Financial Times, verrà lanciato a novembre.
May
8th
Fri
8th
New York Times Bankruptcy Update
When the New York Times (NYT) reported its Q1 results, we summarized the situation by saying the company’s cash crisis is still critical and bankruptcy is a very real possibility. The company has now published more detailed numbers in its 10Q. The Q1 operating cash burn was not as severe as we estimated, but the basic conclusion stands. Silicon alley insider
Web users skeptical about paying for content
Are Web users ready to start paying for content? Cnn
Cos’ha detto veramente Murdoch. Ovvero bagatelle per un suicidio culturale
Murdoch ha sparato la sua cannonata: per uscire dalla crisi i giornali sulla rete passino all’accesso a pagamento. (…) Murdoch ha davvero detto questo? No. Soprattutto se al suo discorso si guarda dall’ottica dell’Europa continentale, dove i giornali hanno una diversa “storia internet”, Murdoch non ha detto quello che sembra, perché diversa è la situazione da questa parte. Leggi il post su scene digitali
May
7th
Thu
7th
La tentazione di Murdoch
News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch is now convinced that ‘it is possible to charge for content’ online given the success of paid-for business news on the Wall Street Journal, he said last night. Journalism.co.uk
La faccenda si fa interessante
I can’t imagine a more interesting time to be in the news business. Note I didn’t say “fun.” But interesting, yes, very interesting. John Battelle
Google e l’antitrust
“It’s not that Google has necessarily done anything wrong,” said Bert Foer, head of the American Antitrust Institute. “It’s not that it’s bad or poorly intentioned,” said Foer. “It’s playing such a large role in the flow of information and has so much free cash to play with and so many creative and aggressive ideas that it presents potential problems regarding… privacy and competition.” L’articolo di Reuters
