by David | Sep 25, 2014 | Digital Migration, new media, newspaper crisis, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
Mediapart in France is profitable because it gives readers what they are willing to pay for. Imagine that. Quick hit here for my students, who are increasingly upset about their job prospects after graduation. I shared an article from Neiman about the upheaval in the...
by David | Aug 18, 2014 | newspaper crisis, Newspapers
Web-native companies strive to eliminate “transactional friction.” Newspapers? Not so much. I’ve been a subscriber to the LA Times for as long as I’ve lived in Los Angeles, and I’ve watched as the big beast evolved from a gray morass of...
by David | Apr 6, 2014 | music
Russian ISPs openly brag about how much pirated content they have – it’s their market differentiator Years ago, working in Russia, back when the whole “Content Pirates” project was just the mere glimmering of an instinct, I was talking with the...
by David | Sep 24, 2012 | Digital Migration
Every time I read through one of these EULAs, it just keeps getting worse and worse. I upgraded the iPad to iOS6, because I wanted to test it out, and I’m not ready yet to turn the Maps feature on my iPhone into a hot, steaming mess. But part of the whole...
by David | Dec 15, 2011 | Conspiracy Theories, Digital Migration
Eli Pariser’s TED talk on the dangers of allowing someone else to choose what you see/hear/feel If I were a weaker man, I’d just fold up my tent and move on. However, upon closer inspection, I find myself saying “Yahbut …” a lot...
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