Who Gets the Online Revenue?
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Who Gets the Online Revenue?

16y Vin Crosbie

Who Gets the Online Revenue?

The biggest problem facing online publishing/broadcasting is who gets paid the bulk of the money that consumers pay for online content. Read More...

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How to Fail Online from the Seduction of Induction
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How to Fail Online from the Seduction of Induction

16y Vin Crosbie

How to Fail Online from the Seduction of Induction

Why do you conclude that much, or even most, of what your media company does in print or broadcast will work on the Web? Read More...

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Print Editions as a Vital Niche
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Print Editions as a Vital Niche

16y Vin Crosbie

Print Editions as a Vital Niche

Newspaper and book publishers are adapting to online technologies. It's long overdue. Read More...

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Digital Media Comes of Age
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Digital Media Comes of Age

16y Vin Crosbie

Digital Media Comes of Age

It's time for media companies to stop treating digital media like a child. Read More...

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All Hail Individuated Media
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All Hail Individuated Media

16y Vin Crosbie

All Hail Individuated Media

How would you describe a medium in which each individual receives content that differs from other individuals -- and each person has control of select...

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Good Enough Triumphs Over Perfection
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Good Enough Triumphs Over Perfection

16y Vin Crosbie

Good Enough Triumphs Over Perfection

If your content isn't immediately online because you're waiting for perfection, get over yourself. Read More...

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It's Time to Sacrifice Mass Media's Sacred Cows
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It's Time to Sacrifice Mass Media's Sacred Cows

16y Vin Crosbie

It's Time to Sacrifice Mass Media's Sacred Cows

New media's replacing mass media, but not everyone grasps that. Read More...

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Four Excuses That Impede Change in Media Academia
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Four Excuses That Impede Change in Media Academia

16y Vin Crosbie

Four Excuses That Impede Change in Media Academia

Some excellent people think they're upholding tradition and discipline, but they're unwittingly working against their own army. Read More...

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Degrees in the Past
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Degrees in the Past

16y Vin Crosbie

Degrees in the Past

Ultimately, to change the media industries, we've got to change our universities. Read More...

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I Never Metadata I Didn't Like
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I Never Metadata I Didn't Like

16y Vin Crosbie

I Never Metadata I Didn't Like

Online retailers long ago discovered that including specific metadata greatly increases reach, traffic, and results. It's time online information comp...

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There's a Digital Sucker Born Every Minute
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There's a Digital Sucker Born Every Minute

16y Vin Crosbie

There's a Digital Sucker Born Every Minute

How an online publishing shakedown depresses the economic market for good writing and corrupts industries. Read More...

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Blowing Away Mass
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Blowing Away Mass

16y Vin Crosbie

Blowing Away Mass

Mass media's audience has always been fragmented. Why are media operators just figuring that out? Read More...

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Web 1, 2, and 3
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Web 1, 2, and 3

16y Vin Crosbie

Web 1, 2, and 3

Three schools of thought on the three eras of publishing interactive online media. Read More...

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Stuck in Flatland
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Stuck in Flatland

16y Vin Crosbie

Stuck in Flatland

Why 20th century media companies incorrectly presume media's new dimensions. Read More...

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Time to Change Blades in Occam's Razor
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Time to Change Blades in Occam's Razor

16y Vin Crosbie

Time to Change Blades in Occam's Razor

There's no simple formula for success in online publishing and broadcasting. Read More...

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Monitoring the Health of Paid Content for Physicians
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Monitoring the Health of Paid Content for Physicians

20y Vin Crosbie

Monitoring the Health of Paid Content for Physicia...

The New England Journal of Medicine's hybrid free/paid-access content keeps physicians in the know, and NEJM in the black. Read More...

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Online Publishing: The Long View, Part 2
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Online Publishing: The Long View, Part 2

20y Vin Crosbie

Online Publishing: The Long View, Part 2

What will the long-term consequences of the media revolution bring? Part 2 of a two part series. Read More...

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Online Publishing: The Long View, Part 1
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Online Publishing: The Long View, Part 1

20y Vin Crosbie

Online Publishing: The Long View, Part 1

What will the long-term consequencesof the media revolution bring? Part one of a two part series. Read More...

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Free or Fee in Spain, Revisited
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Free or Fee in Spain, Revisited

20y Vin Crosbie

Free or Fee in Spain, Revisited

How Spain's four national newspapers are faring one year into their online business models. Read More...

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Past Is No Prologue for Micropayments
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Past Is No Prologue for Micropayments

20y Vin Crosbie

Past Is No Prologue for Micropayments

Why people can, and will, use micropayments to purchase online content in the future. Read More...

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Challenging the News Establishment
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Challenging the News Establishment

20y Vin Crosbie

Challenging the News Establishment

Traditional publishers and broadcasters still believe entry barriers prevent new competition. Four DIYers prove them wrong. Read More...

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As Rates Drain, Hope Springs Eternal
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As Rates Drain, Hope Springs Eternal

20y Vin Crosbie

As Rates Drain, Hope Springs Eternal

The challenge to the information industry is to adapt to changes, not fight them. Read More...

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Welcome to the Riptide
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Welcome to the Riptide

20y Vin Crosbie

Welcome to the Riptide

If consumers won't pay for your content, the problem is likely far beyond price. Read More...

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When People Pay What They Think Content Is Worth
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When People Pay What They Think Content Is Worth

20y Vin Crosbie

When People Pay What They Think Content Is Worth

Online donations. Believe it or not, a viable alternative for small publishers. Read More...

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Content, or Malcontent?
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Content, or Malcontent?

20y Vin Crosbie

Content, or Malcontent?

Paid content: Rafat Ali discusses where it's been and where it's going. Read More...

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Donn Friedman's 10 Steps From Free to Fee
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Donn Friedman's 10 Steps From Free to Fee

20y Vin Crosbie

Donn Friedman's 10 Steps From Free to Fee

Convert your site to paid access with these 10 steps. Read More...

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Paid Subscription Blogging, Part 2
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Paid Subscription Blogging, Part 2

20y Vin Crosbie

Paid Subscription Blogging, Part 2

Will readers pay to read blogs? Can bloggers successfully charge subscription fees? Professional bloggers weigh in. Part two of a two-part series. Rea...

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