Is the future…possibly…bright?
Tweet The future for printed daily papers has looked gloomy for so long that people have forgotten what sunlight looks like. I’ve seen a cluster of pieces in the last few days which stare into the...
View Article“Web Death”, the fallout
Tweet While I was away, the argument about whether or not the web is dead, killed by the rise of apps (as argued by Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff – see here), boomed back and forth. Mostly wrong as...
View ArticleLessig, El Pais, science reporting and Filloux
Tweet Occasionally I have to collect a series of bits and pieces into a roundup/catchup because I can’t find a thematic string on which I can thread the beads I’ve collected. This is one of those...
View ArticleFilloux on Le Monde
Tweet Anyone at all familiar with the French daily Le Monde will want to look at this trenchant takeout by Frederic Filloux, who reports that he was informally approached about whether he might be...
View ArticlePaywalls, niche, mass and “general interest”
Tweet Here are two posts for anyone at all intrigued by what kind of income keeps journalism – and particularly journalism institutions – in business. Clay Shirky on payment “threshold” schemes which...
View ArticleGoogle and the difference between information and knowledge
Tweet I am a regular reader of Frederic Filloux’s weekly commentary on media, The Monday Note. I cannot recommend it too highly for its trenchant originality. Triggered by a new wave of complaint...
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