Comments on: How Steve Brill pitched newspaper executives on charging for online content — and why they’re buying it

By: Nono capitolo. Il reboot del giornalismo

Nono capitolo. Il reboot del giornalismo — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:27:28 +0000

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By: How Steve Brill pitched newspaper executives on charging for online content — and why they’re buying it » Nieman Journalism Lab « Predicate, LLC | Editorial + Content Strategy

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:38:37 +0000

[...] How Steve Brill pitched newspaper executives on charging for online content — and why they’re bu… [...]

By: A Return to Profits

A Return to Profits — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:26:40 +0000

[...] industry-owned advertising groups, single web-subscriptions across multiple publications…seemingly anything plausible and possibly profitable was discussed at a recent industry [...]

By: Clay Shirky: Let a thousand flowers bloom to replace newspapers; don’t build a paywall around a public good » Nieman Journalism Lab

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:27:42 +0000

[...] they’re looking to do is to erode that public good in order to charge a scarcity premium. So the proposal by Steve Brill et al for effectively an RIAA for newspapers is destroying the village in order to save it. That suggests [...]

By: Scholars and Rogues » The pay wall: Good idea? Or too little, too late?

Scholars and Rogues » The pay wall: Good idea? Or too little, too late? — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:11:13 +0000

[...] industry generated on the web in 2008?. … Here’s why publishers are sweating: While Brill argues that newspapers can preserve some 90% of their page views and online advertising after erecting a [...]

By: Journalism Online’s charging clients a 20% commission » Nieman Journalism Lab

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:37:59 +0000

[...] the pay-for-news venture founded by Steve Brill, Gordon Crovitz, and Leo Hindery, you know how they plan to generate revenue for news sites. What hasn’t been clear is how the firm itself will make [...]

By: Paid journalism’s motto: If you’re good at something, never do it for free | Hypercrit

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:25:58 +0000

[...] Brill told Neiman’s Zach Seward in June that only 5 to 10 percent of users would pay, meaning that [...]

By: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel signs with Journalism Online » Nieman Journalism Lab

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:09:44 +0000

[...] is different, you can get a sense for the pitch they’re likely hearing in Milwaukee from the posts I wrote about Journalism Online in June. Steve Brill, a co-founder of the firm, argued that [...]

By: The Measure of Journalism Is Bigger than Dollar and Cents « Behind the Press

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:18:23 +0000

[...] lab has a piece on its blog about Steve Brill’s pitch to newspaper executives on charging for online content, and it’s not the only news about news organizations at least considering charging. Rupert [...]

By: dporter

dporter — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:43:30 +0000

As a consumer of news I think the proposed models are too complicated.

If I understand correctly, in the proposed models I would pay an annual fee, a monthly fee, and another fee if I consume more than X stories per month. I get unlimited cable for one monthly price. I visit my gym as many times as I like for one monthly price.

It’s got to be simple.

The second point is advertising. If I’m paying for content I DO NOT want to see advertising. This is a deal breaker for me. In the past I paid for yahoo’s premium mail service but when they refused to remove the text ads I canceled promptly.

Here is what I want.

Charge me the subscription price for the print edition. You keep the paper. Give me ad free online access. I’ll save you printing and distribution costs.

Deal?

By: Will Murdoch’s Switch to Subscription-Based Web Content Work? | linkthe.com

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:29:26 +0000

[...] In fact, the New York Times is also considering launching subscription plans, and USA Today is planning on it. Steve Brill is launching a subscription service called Journalism Online. [...]

By: Michael Roston - Newsbroke – Granting old media an antitrust exemption; does FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz have a conflict of interest? - True/Slant

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:06:28 +0000

[...] its bailout from the depredations of the public’s changing appetites for news. And when JOL gave a presentation to a group of publishers in a Chicago-area hotel in May on how it wanted to become a killjoy [...]

By: Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » From Walter Cronkite to Tiger Beatdown

Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » From Walter Cronkite to Tiger Beatdown — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:57:29 +0000

[...] was the assumed spine of most such discussions. Now, even reactionaries like David Simon and Steve Brill are floating proposals that would, if enacted, wreck the old social bargains on which newspapers [...]

By: Jeremy Porter

Jeremy Porter — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:36:46 +0000

Yes, print publishers need to figure out a new business model. No, charging for content is not the answer. There are more than two business models out there (paid and free). I hope publishers will opt to develop new ideas, rather than follow the same “old media” tactics that have failed before.

By: Journalism Online Will Make You Pay

Journalism Online Will Make You Pay — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:48:18 +0000

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