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"I’m most interested in how BostonGlobe.com fits into the newspaper industry’s larger thinking about paywalls and how its digital and print products differ. And I think there’s a lot that’s really interesting about what they’ve done, in terms of technology, in terms of design, and in terms of their business model. So, after having played around with the site for a while and talked with Globe leaders in the lead up to launch, here are a few thoughts on what I think works, what I think doesn’t, and what questions we’ll be looking to answer in the months ahead."

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"What is journalism worth? That's the question journalism managers and entrepreneurs have been trying to figure out ever since it became clear, years ago, that the Internet was disrupting local publishing monopolies.

And so we've endured years of conference panels, email exchanges, and blog posts about paywalls and paid content strategies, as publishers try to figure out exactly how much people are now willing to pay for news content.

Lost in this is the realization that people have been telling us - for generations - how much they're willing to pay for news. "

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" For the first time, the Times Company provided information on how digital subscriptions were faring. The company said that since it started limiting the number of articles readers could read on NYTimes.com for free, it has signed up more than 100,000 subscribers. While it said the program was still too young to judge a success, “early indicators are encouraging.” Subscriptions start at $15 every four weeks, but many subscribers have so far paid discounted introductory rates. "

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"Two years after starting @themediaisdying, and a whole lot of tweets later, I firmly believe the news industry and the consumer are now on a precipice. It’s clear that news remains important to the consumer, but where they get it from is not. As attention refocuses, the relationship between the consumer and news will shift evermore to a “pull” rather than “push” strategy for the consumer." - via Journerdism

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Sure, some journo student’s parent will likely subscribe, electronically acknowledging that their offspring is getting a byline and to encourage them in their craft. But, we’re talking about family members and not everyone else who will flock to free Google News to find Cowboy Nation material or to countless other relevant sites offering no charge access.

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"Only a fraction of the O’Collegian online readership base must scale the pay wall– individuals not currently attending or working at the school who live outside the university’s “immediate geographic area” and who wish to view content more than three times per month.  Beginning early this year, these non-local loyalists will be required to pay a “small fee” to continue browsing ocolly.com"

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"It’s time for editors, publishers, academics and foundations to pony up for serious, in depth and disciplined study of what consumers want, what they need and how journalists and media companies can provide it. "

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"The service may persuade readers to buy more magazines at a time when industrywide print circulation is falling. Time Inc. now charges $4.99 for each digital issue of the weekly Time magazine on iPad, 4 cents more than the print version. Newsweek, publis

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Internet advertising is 16 percent of the Times' revenue for the third Q 2010.

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"Truth is, if your advertising strategy isn't as well conceived as your content strategy, your hyperlocal dreams will never become reality."

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"The Washington Post has an iPad app, and it's much better than the iPhone program I panned in March.

That's good, inasmuch as I work here and want my employer to do well.

But the Post app -- coming months after the iPad debuts of such other newspapers

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"Press+, the e-commerce platform created by Journalism Online that enables digital news publishers to collect revenue from readers, today announced that it is adding additional services aimed at helping college newspapers generate income from avid off-cam

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