According to Press+ data, the average price of a monthly digital subscription is now $9.26 — up from $6.85 at the beginning of 2012. Publishers are also offering fewer articles for free before a user hits a paywall. Read more at paidContent »
More publishers of all stripes, including star blogger Andrew Sullivan, are charging visitors for content. This has translated into good news for paywall provider Tinypass. Read more at paidContent »
Paywall startup Tinypass, which is based in New York City and works with small digital publishers, is expanding metering options to its users. Read more at paidContent »
Digital subscription platform Press+ says 39 percent of its client publishers now offer fewer than 10 articles free per month before a reader hits a paywall. On average, the company says, publishers offer 11 free articles per month, down from 13 at the beginning of 2012. Read more at paidContent »
Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do — that was that state of digital media when paidContent launched in 2002. Read more »
Earlier this week, the Project on Excellence in Journalism issued a detailed digital revenue study that left out even the most basic details… Read more at paidContent »
When RR Donnelley bought Journalism Online from Steve Brill, Gordon Grovitz, Leo Hindery, Jr., and their investors last March, I reported th… Read more at paidContent »
Students work for their college newspapers for all sorts of reasons–and while college papers are sheltered from the harsh realities facing… Read more at paidContent »
When Hurricane Irene hit the East Coast last week, several newspapers took down their paywalls for all weather-related coverage. But when do… Read more at paidContent »
After each Apple press event, there is a visible track of turbulence online, in the technology market and on Wall Street, and all that is left for the rest of us to decide is whether or not we will follow or get out-of-the-way. Read more »
On Friday at 10 a.m. PST, Apple will hold a press conference to address the much publicized antenna problems plaguing the recently released iPhone 4. Will there be a recall, a lesson in how to hold the phone or free cases for all? Read more »
A boilerplate is a flexible term used to describe many different things, but Apple’s boilerplate is those lines of text that you see at the bottom of each of all its press releases, and it has remained largely unchanged for the past few years. Read more »
At least our speculation regarding the date and time of Apple’s special press event this month can now come to an end. Apple confirmed today, via invitations sent to the press, that there will indeed be a special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the […] Read more »
