[...] that will take time to solve although generally, most media companies do ‘get it’ (refer to the NEAP report by the American Press Institute, and the recent industry meetings by the Newspaper Association of [...]

[...] little glimpse inside the news industry’s mind: the recent recommendations of the American Press Institute. Charge for news, go after the aggregators, police fair use, look [...]

[...] to save newspapers. I thought the American Press Institute pretty much had it in the bag with its action plan and cart-before-the-horse declaration that papers should establish the economic value of their [...]

[...] and discussion easy, and reporting and original content production hard, than one solution put forward by the newspaper industry [pdf] has been to enact public policy that would allow news organizations [...]

[...] amerikanerna vill ju inte vara mycket sämre. I APIs (American Press Institutes) färska rapport Newspaper Economic Action Plan finner vi bland annat följande: ”API also [...]

[...] make people pay for online content. Shortly afterward, the American Press Institute released its Newspaper Economic Action Plan, one of the strategies the publishers are looking [...]

[...] make people pay for online content. Shortly afterward, the American Press Institute released its Newspaper Economic Action Plan, one of the strategies the publishers are looking [...]

[...] Nieman Journalism Lab / Knight Cent /233grados.com [...]

1. “Consumers perceive that content produced by news organizations is valuable to them.”

To many, printed news (paper or digital) is a type of freely-available entertainment, useful when you’re in a place that doesn’t have TV or internet, or when you’re surfing at work.

The number of users willing to pay for news is, as we all know, dwindling.

After the newspaper industry has finished consolidating, laying off, and collapsing, there will probably be equilibrium between the remaining players and available ad dollars – my lame prediction.

2. “Consumers will actually make content purchases when they are confronted with many free options.”

I’m still laughing. Not going to happen, particularly when you realize that today’s kids (under age 35) have been weaned on freebie digital culture. “I pay $50/mo for my internet connection, why do I have to pay for news?!” is the reaction I keep witnessing.

[...] of newspaper execs in Chicago recently, and late last week reports came out about some of the recommendations put forth by the American Press Institute at that meeting. The API apparently handed out two whitepapers, both of which are amusing, only in [...]

[...] little glimpse inside the news industry’s mind: the recent recommendations of the American Press Institute. Charge for news, go after the aggregators, police fair use, look [...]

[...] little glimpse inside the news industry’s mind: the recent recommendations of the American Press Institute. Charge for news, go after the aggregators, police fair use, look [...]

Some pretty lame assumptions given that the papers must be paying through the nose for consultants to advise them on these issues…

[...] strada possibile per avere una possibilità di sopravvivenza. Questo documento, in formato PDF, è stato messo a disposizione da questo sito, se siete interessati all’argomento, sono 31 pagine che potrebbero fornirvi indicazioni [...]

[...] Lastly, we want the public to know the business model of journalism is still in the air.  In the old model, conglomerates were supported by advertisements but due to the shift of the Internet — businesses are moving their ads on-line.  Newspapers are suffering and journalists are losing their jobs.  The newspapers that tried adapting to the shift are available on-line but now they’re stuck in a rut – news companies all over are trying to figure out how and if they should charge the public to access their material.  [...]