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» Napster, Udacity, and the Academy Clay Shirky

could not imagine that the old way of doing things might fail. Yet things did fail, in large part because, after Napster, the industry’s insistence that digital distribution be as expensive and...

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Who pays ‘unpaid’ writers’ bills? – Edward Wasserman – MiamiHerald.com

Who pays ‘unpaid’ writers’ bills? – Edward Wasserman – MiamiHerald.com. the insidious problem of hidden subsidy, one of the most perplexing ethical problems of journalism in the Internet age. True,...

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Your Reputation Will Be the Currency of the Future: Scientific American

Your Reputation Will Be the Currency of the Future: Scientific American. Now the use of reputation as social currency has got a sophisticated term to describe it : socialstructing. From the article...

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‘A la carte’ journalism presents alternative to paywalls – Editors Weblog

Wheeler told The News Hook that CrowdNe.ws has not determined its pricing structure, but it is considering market-determined prices, depending on individual articles’ popularity, and...

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Latest issue – January 2014 : : Contributoria

Latest issue – January 2014 : : Contributoria. A magazine style publication where reporters pitch a story and garner votes on whether it ought to be published. The stories go free to readers, however...

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Ezra Klein Is Joining Vox Media as Web Journalism Asserts Itself – NYTimes.com

Great digital journalists consume and produce content at the same time, constantly publishing what they are reading and hearing. And by leaving mainstream companies, journalists are often able to get...

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The Future of the News Business: A Monumental Twitter Stream All in One Place...

Before the journalistic purists burst a fountain pen, consider that there are intermediate points between “holier than holy” and “hopelessly corrupt” when it comes to editorial content. Paying...

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How publishers’ premium membership programs stack up

Here’s a look at how publishers’ premium memberships stack up to their default reading experiences. Slate Plus Announced on Monday, Slate’s “totally-not-a-paywall” Slate Plus is a $50-a-year membership...

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A money-back guarantee: How Blendle hopes to convince Dutch news readers to...

Blendle takes content from 15 or so of the Netherlands’ top newspaper and magazine publishers and allows users to buy stories individually, with just a click, no matter where they were originally...

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Podcasts Coming of Age

The station says the move puts it in a better position to continue to grow its talent pool and develop partnerships. Source: Current.org Some popular content specific podcasts are leaving the NPR...

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