Rabu, 13 Februari 2013

The Digital Daily from CyberJournalist.net

The Digital Daily from CyberJournalist.net

‘New York Times’ Finally Closes World’s Most Obvious Hole in Paywall

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:00 AM PST

After The New York Times introduced its digital paywall in early 2011, some frustrated readers came up with elaborate ways to get around it, including launching a special Twitter feed and browser app. But it turned out there was a much simpler workaround: just delete “?gwh=numbers” from the URL and . . .

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Nancy Tellem, Yusuf Mehdi Talk Microsoft & Content at Dive Into Media – Ina Fried – Dive Into Media – AllThingsD

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:00 AM PST

Microsoft is once again looking at being a content creator. It’s a path the company has trotted down several times in the past — in its MSN business, for instance — usually to eventually retreat. Microsoft now has a 125-person studio in Santa Monica devoted to making content for the Xbox. “We’re . . .

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Time for iWatch (Comic) – Nitrozac and Snaggy – Voices – AllThingsD

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 09:00 AM PST

Four newspapers bucking national trends

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 08:00 AM PST

Contrary to prevailing trends, it's not all doom and gloom in the newspaper industry — at least, not for the four papers listed in a new Pew report released on Monday. Titled "Newspapers turning ideas into dollars: Four revenue success stories," Pew profiled four papers "bucking the trend."

via Pew identifies four profitable newspapers : Columbia Journalism Review.

An App Called PAUL Predicts The Videos You Want | TechCrunch

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 08:00 AM PST

With tablets and smartphones consuming more and more video content, a new app for Android simply called “PAUL” aims to ease that ever-increasing network strain by using a predictive cache/download algorithm. Similar to peak-shaving in electrical grids, PAUL is an app that, based on the videos you w . . .

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Who’s going to capture the social news reader market? Thirst throws its hat in the ring — Tech News and Analysis

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 07:00 AM PST

At this point, there’s no question the internet offers more than we can reasonably ingest. Even trying to keep up with Buzzfeed’s Beyonce posts while holding down a full-time job would be exhausting. So who exactly is going to organize the web’s information into a digestible format? That’s still TB . . .

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Dish declares the death of commercials — in a commercial | Internet & Media – CNET News

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 08:00 PM PST

The satellite TV provider rolls its ad-skipping Hopper DVR out nationally with a campaign that includes a grim message for TV commercials. . . .

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Cost per hour: A new metric for paid content — Tech News and Analysis

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 07:00 PM PST

A week ago Netflix released all 13 episodes of House of Cards, allowing subscribers to watch the series in marathon sessions. Variety noted ”the efficiency that makes binge viewing so compelling also accelerates the time a consumer spends with Netflix.”  This novel release schedule highlights the qu . . .

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How news orgs are using RebelMouse for blizzard, Fashion Week | Poynter.

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 06:00 PM PST

Hunkering down for an anticipated blizzard is taking on new meaning for newsrooms experimenting with RebelMouse. The snow may be calling the shots. That isn’t stopping social media editors — many of whom also happen to be new to RebelMouse … Read more . . .

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Five ways media companies can build paywalls around people instead of content — paidContent

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 05:00 PM PST

With a few exceptions, the paywalls and subscription plans that have been erected by hundreds of newspapers and other publications over the past year share one quality — namely, they ask readers to pay a single amount for everything that is published, regardless of what those readers are interested . . .

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