David Black

After Times Select: how do you support a big newsroom online? - Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard

“Still: the near-monopoly newspaper always had subscription revenue, display ad revenue and classified revenue to bank on. Google ads can’t match that today, and probably not for a long, long time.”

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Organising for online - Messy Media

“There’s no simple answer to this, although I like Rosenberg’s nod towards a “thousand and one little experiements in the Web journalism business.” …[N]ewspaper businesses have to organise themselves to make the most of their editorial expertise in an o

(tags: internet business newspapers newspapersites paidcontent nyt newsrooms integration migration trends)

PressThink: Consent Decree with the Open Web Shuts Down Times Select

“That’s the decision in Web court accepted by the New York Times. Dismisses all courses of action against Google. Times agrees to drop Times Select, which was a barrier to Google–and the blogosphere–working the right way.”

(tags: internet business newspapers newspapersites paidcontent nyt newsrooms integration migration trends)