Comments on: Why the New York Times is crowing about Apple’s marketing embrace

By: John Gruber on Apple’s 30% cut: To the victor goes the pricing power » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:31:44 +0000

[...] Now, that’s not Apple’s problem. Gruber’s right: Apple doesn’t give a damn about newspapers. The financial difficulties of American newspapers are not Apple’s fault and they’re not Apple’s to solve. And unlike Google — which has put a lot of energy into making newspaper-friendly noises to try to repair a relationship that bottomed out a couple of years ago — Apple doesn’t throw the industry any bone bigger than showing off nytimes.com in product demos. [...]

By: Mediactive » NYT Columnist Sees Some Poisoned Apples, Misses the One Nearest Him

Mediactive » NYT Columnist Sees Some Poisoned Apples, Misses the One Nearest Him — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:56:46 +0000

[...] the Times in its pre-release campaign for an iPhone model, a Times spokesperson specifically denied to the Nieman Journalism Lab that there was any business relationship, saying Apple had asked for permission, happily granted, [...]

By: So it’s called the iPad: Five thoughts on how it will (and won’t) change the game for news organizations » Nieman Journalism Lab

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:07:32 +0000

[...] Jobs used to show off the iPad’s web browser was The New York Times. (Apple and the Times have a longstanding mutual appreciation.) Showing nytimes.com before showing off the Times’ iPad app illustrated the big problem [...]

By: New York Times, still uncertain on charging, sets seven digital priorities » Nieman Journalism Lab

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:13:41 +0000

[...] but by pilgrims visiting from other newsrooms that want to copy us. And even by the fact that Apple sees our homepage as the place to try out its most creative advertising — a mixed blessing, that [...]

By: EP

EP — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:55:00 +0000

I love the iPhone, and I think it’s great how it’s inspired the development of thousands of applications. I’m a Mac user and all that, but still, I worry that Apple’s iPhone may become, like the iPod, some sort of monopoly when it comes to digital information management and exchange. At least in London, you would think the iPhone is given away for free, but reading the fine print you realize that only a happy few can really afford it. I wonder how this will affect the revenue of newspapers like the NYT, especially if in a not-so-distant future the standard becomes to read in the small, fine print of an iPhone screen.