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The British paper says subscriptions and traffic are up, even though it shuttered an app aimed at an international audience.
The $4-a-month app, which launched in January, was an attempt to reach readers outside the U.K. and find a new revenue stream outside The Times’ usual strict paywall.
The papers are behind a hard paywall, and their platforms will be updated four times each day to correspond with peaks in readership.
“We’re pursuing the idea of editions everywhere. An edition is something that can be finished. When you’ve read it, you feel up-to-date; you’ve been told what you need to know for the day or the week.”
“As I went through these articles and came across a text quote, I kept thinking, ‘Why can’t I just click on it and see the corresponding part of the video and get the full experience of how they said it?’”
“All development is building on the shoulders of the people who came before you, and being a closed-off shop will only harm us on the long run.”
The Internet is supposed to be all about unbundling. But in the new digital economy, is there room for new, smarter rebundling?
Plus: Twitter’s photo filters try to compete with Instagram, Bloomberg might go paper shopping, and the rest of the week’s media/tech news.
If Murdoch’s empire cleaves in two, his newspapers will no longer be able to count on the latest blockbuster to disguise their financial woes.
Rupert Murdoch might be thinking about putting his British newspapers into a trust. Why haven’t we seen more innovation in how news organizations get owned and governed?