Archive for Tag ‘business model‘

Who Pays for Content? What’s in it for Me? Vote!

Pardon the brief, self-promotional nature of this post, but I just realized if I don’t get one up soon I’m going to miss the deadline – voting for SXSW Interactive 2010 ends this Friday!

Photo by ehnmark, cc-by license

Photo by ehnmark, cc-by license

I’ve submitted two panel proposals this year – each is described below with a voting link.


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Save Paste and the future of publishing?

paste_logo2 I’m a big fan and subscriber of Paste, an independent U.S.-based monthly (now shifting closer to bi-monthly, with every other issue being a single-topic special edition) magazine focused on music, film, and books, with a passionate spirit.

Currently, however, they are running a Campaign to Save Paste, soliciting donations to offset operating losses. What does the need for such campaign tell us about the future of online publishing?


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New Devices, New Approaches, New Hope?

Last week, a number of articles appeared with additional entries in the search for new media business models for existing, old media companies.

Hope. Which Way? (Photo by bixentro, cc-by license, click through for details)

Hope. Which Way? (Photo by bixentro, cc-by license, click through for details)

Mass High Tech, which I still read in print, featured on its front page Richard Anderson from Village Soup and Alan Baker of the Ellsworth American. (The article is online here: Two Maine newspapers test the future of newspapers’ plans). Additionally, there were a number of articles about Amazon’s new Kindle, and how e-Readers in general might represent new hope for publishers.

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Ma.gnolia 2 (M2): Social Bookmarking for the Open Web

Last week at Gnomedex, the folks at Ma.gnolia announced the launch of their Ma.gnolia 2 (M2) effort, which is an ambitious effort to rethink and rebuild ma.gnolia, with a focus on embracing the open web.


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