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John Paton: “There will always be a bigger advertising pie than a subscription pie, always”
Given the plethora of innovation in the news industry, it would an exciting time if it wasn’t for one pesky question: How are we going to foot the bill for digital journalism? John Paton, CEO of Digital First Mediaand seeker of the holy grail for a sustainable business model for the news industry, claims that the […]
Don’t build a paywall, create a velvet rope instead – By Mathew Ingram
March 28, 2012
As the newspaper industry continues to flounder, paywalls and other subscription models are becoming more common, with everyone trying to imitate the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal. Is there any other other option to putting up a turnstile around the news? We’ve argued before that there are a number of options, and […]
The newsonomics of crossover
March 1, 2012
The signs are everywhere — the signs of crossover. We’re not there yet, but publishers are starting to sense that the time when their business models become more about digital and less about print gets closer every day. Since the web’s dawn, publishers have lived in a mainly print/somewhat digital world. We’re on the brink […]
Digital Content & Paywalls: How John Paton Has It Right…And Wrong
February 24, 2012
There’s been a lot of buzz lately about John Paton, the “old media” CEO of MediaNews Group who’s been giving fiery speeches of late about “stacking digital dimes against print dollars.” Most recently, he gave his usual stump speech, but added a commentary on getting rid of “crappy newspaper executives,” which has some good — […]
John Paton to news execs: Abandon the gatekeeper model
February 21, 2012
If there was an Uncle Sam-style campaign to recruit media executives into the “digital first” movement, John Paton would probably win the role of poster boy in a landslide. Even before he became the CEO of the giant MediaNews Group chain, Paton was calling on the media industry to give up its attachment to print […]
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