The newspaper business analyst talks about what revenue strategies are showing signs of life and whether the paywall model works for everyone.
Creator of Hacker News worries the site's growth will ultimately result in a decline in community. nie.mn/10fhtSY 
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February 13, 2013
February 8, 2013
Plus: The debate on aggregation do’s and don’ts, the state of media reporting, and the rest of the week’s news.
September 14, 2012
Plus: More details on the Journal Register Co.’s bankruptcy, new ideas on j-school training, and the rest of the news in media and tech this week.
September 7, 2012
Plus: Ideas for newspapers’ reinvention, Apple’s user IDs hacked (maybe), and the rest of the week’s news in media and tech.
September 6, 2012
Instead of a wave of consolidation, the former newspaper publisher argues, JRC’s bankruptcy could be a way for the newspaper industry’s biggest outside investor to continue to exit it.
September 5, 2012
JRC’s second bankruptcy in barely three years will be give it as close to a clean start as any newspaper company has gotten. Now, all John Paton has to do is deliver.
July 31, 2012
Digital First’s new central command is just beginning to take shape, but its nascent team has already handled its first big story: the shootings in Aurora, Colorado.
March 1, 2012
The time is quickly approaching when digital is a bigger part of traditional publishers’ businesses than print. How will we know if the crossover is happening sustainably? Here are some metrics.
February 24, 2012
Plus: News Corp. defiantly launches its Sun on Sunday, paywalls and aggregation debates, and the rest of this week’s news about the future of news.
February 8, 2012
In the Bay Area, in Los Angeles, in San Diego — the traditional boundaries of California journalism are shifting fast.
December 20, 2011
Keeping Martin Honest: the 2012 edition.
December 15, 2011
As news companies look to the new year, here are some of the rates, percentages, and figures that will determine how they adjust to new digital realities.
November 10, 2011
Glorying in the past, hating the present, and fearing the future: Why are newspaper companies’ attitudes the inverse of Silicon Valley’s?
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