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When will Paul Dacre admit his newspaper is out of control and sack himself?
The libel record of Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Daily Mail: Alan Sugar: £100,000 Diana Rigg: £30,000 Elton John: £100,000 Dr Austen Ivereigh: £30,000 Carole Caplin: “Substantial” damages Ossie Kilkenny: “Substantial” damages Lady Kristina Moore: “Substantial” damages Luke Cooper: £25,000 … Continue reading
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Fans with typewriters
“It was obvious Lance Armstrong was doping” It touches on a wider issue in the world of sports journalism – what Walsh describes as journalists as “fans with typewriters”. “There was a time when it wasn’t cool to be a … Continue reading
It’s all about discovery
The biggest problem online since the turn of the Century has been that it’s really hard to discover new stuff. Not find stuff: discovery isn’t the same thing. If I know roughly what I want, Google makes it easy to … Continue reading
The unedifying arrogance of PC journalists
Barry Collins is angry. Specifically, Barry is almost splenetic about what he sees as “Apple’s unedifying arrogance” in its response to the brouhaha over the database which your iPhone carries of locations. In particular, Barry is vexed over what he … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Data, Database, Hotspot (Wi-Fi), IOS (Apple), iPad, iPhone, Wi-Fi
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Amazon’s Ad-supported Kindle Price: Too High?
TUAW on the release of an ad-supported Kindle from Amazon: “Still, the $114 price point seems a little silly; $99 would be a much better psychological buy-in point.” I think that $25 is a fair reflection of the value of … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Advertising and Marketing, Amazon, Amazon Kindle
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Nieman Journalism lab responds to John Gruber
Nieman Journalism Lab responds to John Gruber’s defence of the 30% Apple subscription take: “But if someone searches for and downloads The New York Times app — after the Times has spent more than a century building up its brand, … Continue reading
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Tagged App Store, Apple, Daring Fireball, iOS, John Gruber, New York Times, Nieman Journalism Lab
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When is “the best price” for customers not “the best price” for customers?
The Sage Gruber’s contortions to position Apple’s subscription pricing scam as “good for consumers” are getting so wild that he’ll be a high-level yoga master before you know it: “Why not allow developers and publishers to set their own prices … Continue reading
Apple 2011 = Microsoft ’97
Brilliant comment from “Chucky” on a post from from Michael Tsai: Microsoft in 1997 had a very specific corporate strategy. They had a temporary situation of great market leverage. And rather than concentrating on making better products for their users, … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile, Publishing
Tagged Apple, Bill Gates, iOS, iPad, Microsoft, Publishing, Steve Jobs
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This is why Apple’s subscription system fails for consumers
From Apple Subs: Publishers Seek Clarity, FT Concerned, Some Sign Up | paidContent: “We have a fair and open approach for customers whereby we offer digital access to FT journalism for one price and enable access across multiple platforms for … Continue reading
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