YouTube launches its paid subscription channels with select partners
YouTube’s long-rumored paid channels are live: The Google-owned service started its new subscription offering with select partners Thursday. Read more at paidContent »
New York Times closes another loophole in its digital paywall
A popular trick, called NYClean, to get around the New York Times’ article limit no longer works. The development coincides with the Times’ ongoing effort to shut down loopholes around its digital subscription. Read more at paidContent »
The FT has “crossed over” to become a digital business — but can anyone else replicate that feat?
The Financial Times stands out in the news industry for its clever and aggressive switch to a digital revenue model. But while the paper is an inspiration, it’s not an example. Read more at paidContent »
New York Times posts ho-hum numbers, slow digital growth [updated]
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The New York Times posted new earnings numbers this morning and they present a familiar, discouraging story of the Grey Lady’s inability to grow its digital business fast enough to offset other revenue declines. Read more at paidContent »
How to get your readers to love paywalls
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A Columbia/Indiana University study on reactions to the New York Times paywall suggests that newspapers enacting paywalls should emphasize financial need, not profit, when explaining them to readers. Still, many readers won’t pay. Read more at paidContent »
Consumer Reports Launches iPad Subscriptions, 7 New Smartphone Apps
Consumer Reports, which named the iPad the top tablet earlier this year, is now adding subscriptions and free access for print subscribers t… Read more at paidContent »
An oversight in iOS Newsstand: No free subscriptions
The team behind TRVL, a free iPad-exclusive digital travel magazine, was very excited about the prospect of Newsstand; after all, recent numbers show that some publishers are seeing their products reach as many as 268 percent more subscribers. But there’s a problem: Newsstand doesn’t do free. Read more »
Condé Nast subscriptions up 268% since Newsstand launch
We reported earlier that Newsstand appears to be treating digital publishers well, and new info from Condé Nast just released backs that up. The publisher of Wired and other magazines has seen digital subscriptions rise 268 percent since Newsstand arrived with the iOS 5 update. Read more »
Financial Times finds life outside the App Store pretty good so far
The Financial Times struck out on its own recently with a web-based mobile app, which replaces its native iOS apps. So far, the experiment has been a success, with the app already seing more traffic from the web app than from its iPhone and iPad applications. Read more »
Now that publishers get it, comics and the iPad are a perfect pair
DC Comics recently started selling digital versions of its new comics on the same day that print editions show up in local comic book shops. It’s a move that helps promote their “New 52″ all-title relaunch, but it has much wider-reaching implications. Read more »
Can HTML5 replace an iPad app? Financial Times to find out
One company is about to find out how web apps compete with native iOS App Store offerings in a very direct sense. The Financial Times is out of the App Store, and now depends on an HTML5 tablet-optimized site alone for presence on Apple devices. Read more »
