David Kaplan
Jul 20, 2010 4:14 PM
For the last panel of the day at paidContent Mobile, moderator Ernie Sander, managing editor for ContentNext Media, asked what the biggest problems facing mobile, from a content perspective, are. For Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley, and anyone in the room who wasn’t tethered to their computer, the problem is battery…
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Amanda Natividad
Mar 9, 2010 5:00 PM
The Financial Times has a sizeable and nicely growing subscription business—so why mess with micropayments? FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw says that half the FT’s print customers are newsstand buyers, and the company needs to offer an similar a la carte option online as well. Grimshaw, in an interview with…
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David Kaplan
Feb 19, 2010 11:09 AM
The discussion started by ContentNext’s Ernie Sander and FT.com’s Rob Grimshaw at paidContent 2010 continued with a panel of other digital media execs from traditional media companies—along with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) product manager Josh Cohen. —Flavor of the month: CNN.com’s KC Estenson: “There are new revenue opportunities today that we…
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David Kaplan
Feb 19, 2010 10:51 AM
The FT.com, whose metered model has been considered an example for other outlets, such as the NYTimes.com, has 1.9 million registered users, plus 121,000 paying subscribers, said the site’s Managing Director Rob Grimshaw in a Q&A with ContentNext Managing Editor Ernie Sander at paidContent 2010. Grimshaw on why the FT…
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Staci D. Kramer
Feb 12, 2010 1:53 AM
As ad revenues decline, publishers continue to experiment with new areas of content and distribution platforms. What will users pay for? What’s working, or rather, what holds the most potential for growth? Local, niche? Subscriptions, metered? When the internet levels the playing field and anyone can be a publisher or…
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