Laura Hazard Owen
May 19, 2011 5:15 AM
What are venture capital firms looking for in mobile startups? Think emotional value and rethink the economics of content, Albert Wenger, a partner in Union Square Ventures, told Ernie Sander, executive editor of paidContent. Mobile Phone as Personal Identity: “The only thing more stable than most people’s phone number is…
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Amanda Natividad
Mar 9, 2010 5:00 PM
The Financial Times has a sizeable and nicely growing subscription business—so why mess with micropayments? FT.com Managing Director Rob Grimshaw says that half the FT’s print customers are newsstand buyers, and the company needs to offer an similar a la carte option online as well. Grimshaw, in an interview with…
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Staci D. Kramer
Feb 12, 2010 1:53 AM
As ad revenues decline, publishers continue to experiment with new areas of content and distribution platforms. What will users pay for? What’s working, or rather, what holds the most potential for growth? Local, niche? Subscriptions, metered? When the internet levels the playing field and anyone can be a publisher or…
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