The editor of The Daily Telegraph, the controversial Paul Whittaker, is in the firing line at News Limited as the new CEO, Kim Williams, introduces a top-to-toe renovation.
Paywalls
Simons: the paywall at The Fin and what defines a revolution
People like to talk about first mover advantages, but sometimes being first can be a disadvantage. As in, brave experiment and at best partial success.
Media briefs: Oz goes for gold … NotW stalked Harry Potter … Nine for sale? …
The Australian goes for gold … News of the World paid me to follow 90 people, claims private detective … Phone hacking: Tom Crone admits ‘incorrect’ evidence … Nine Entertainment Co “set for assets fire sale” and more …
At Fairfax, Times are changing; Baker to ramp up news coverage
Fairfax Media is planning to expand its online National Times opinion site into news coverage, just as News Limited’s The Australian moves its best content behind an online paywall.
Essential: Qantas divides voters, Fair Work Australia the only winner
Voters disapprove of Qantas management’s decision to ground its fleet, but don’t approve of the way anyone in the dispute conducted themselves except the industrial relations regulator, Essential Report has found.
News Ltd paywall comes down on its journos too
Journalists and editors at News Limited will be forced to pay to access their own work online, with staff only receiving a 50% discount on a digital subscription rather than a free one.
Paywalls (now with bonus holes) and the future of journalism at News
There are smart people at News Limited. Some of them seem to have been given, if not their heads, then at least some slack in the reins.
Paywalls: don’t expect papers here to be in a rush
When will Australian newspapers begin the great experiment of erecting paywalls around content online? It seems it may be a little later than we thought.
HuffPo setting its sites on Oz? Let’s wait and see
Last week the founder of the Huffington Post said, in what may or may not have been a throwaway line, that it would soon open sites to serve several countries, including Australia.
Building successful online business models is a community thing
The word “paywall” is inevitably linked to discussions about successful online business models, but arguably just as important is fostering a sense of community, writes Jessica Roy.
Get out of our lives: when newspaper campaigns become sinister
When does a good old newspaper campaign become something a bit more sinister? Something like “guided democracy”?
Media briefs: No Olympics Fox … NotW apologies — again
The perils of the 24-hour news clock in the News Corporation empire. Plus, paywalls a premium model across News Corporation and other media news of the day.
The great News experiment begins
As expected, today at the Mumbrella360 conference News Limited’s Richard Freudenstein announced that the company’s Australian newspapers will erect paywalls for some of their content online.
Video of the Day: The Oz’s ‘freemium’ package
CEO of News Digital Media and The Australian, Richard Freudenstein, unveils the paper’s ”freemium” paywall plan to be introduced in October, in his keynote speech at Mumbrella 360. (Note: a higher quality version of the video will be available later this afternoon.)
Crikey Says: Crikey says: the age of pragmatism
We forgive News Limited’s Richard Freudenstein for using the word “freemium” at least half a dozen times in a speech delivered this morning at the Mumbrella 360 conference.
Curtain up, wall down at News Limited websites
June 2011 is going to be an interesting and historically significant month in media. The Mumbrella 360 conference tomorrow will serve as the venue for an announcement of News Limited’s plans to erect paywalls around online content.
Simons: will Fairfax apps change the fundamental outlook?
Can the slick new Fairfax apps for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald save the newspaper journalism business model?
Bringing down the wall: News in flurry to lock up content
News Limited could be a fortnight away from locking up some of its websites as part of a brave new world of paid web content.
Simons: News Ltd on back foot as Fairfax readies better iPad app
The buzz in the industry is that Fairfax Media is about to launch its much promised “native” iPad apps for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age — possibly before the end of this month.
More clicks, more moolah for journos?
USA Today may give bonuses to journalists based on the page views of their stories. Sure, gossip sites like Gawker do it, but is this the direction ‘serious’ journalism outlets should head? Barbara Sehr says no.
The paywall war: the big US papers compared
Last week the NY Times announced how its new paywall system would work. But how does it compare to other major papers like the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe?
The cultural revolution was online in 2010
The most important arts and “cultural” events of 2010 happened online, writes Ben Eltham, in his final My Cup of Tea column for the year.
Newswall crisis solved
Following our teasing, the Herald Sun comes up with some bonus content with which to sell its (ad-supported, $96/year) iPad app: “The week’s best comments” from the Andrew Bolt blog! How wonderful, writes Jeremy Sear.
New New Matilda has lift-off
It’s the re-launch of online commentary website New Matilda! Back up and publishing every day until Christmas, to see if the publication can prove financially viable. It’s going for a community radio station subscriber model, rather than paywalls.
