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What Publishers Can Learn From Online Retailers

Sep 8, 2011 9:35 AM

What does content mean for online retailers, and how can publishers successfully work commerce into their websites? Those were the questions discussed at a Financial Times panel in NYC last night. “There are lots of things that merge between media businesses and 2.0 commerce,” said Susan Lyne, chairman of Gilt…

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Media & Publishing, Women-Centric Content, Companies, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, andrew kovan, crowdtwist, gilt groupe, irving fain, melissa & doug, rob grimshaw, susan lyne

Interview: Financial Times’ Grimshaw: ‘App Stores Are Not A Panacea’

Jun 7, 2011 11:14 AM

Anything an iOS app can do, the web can do better, Rob Grimshaw, The Financial Times’ online managing director, told paidContent:UK, after launching a HTML5 tablet and mobile “app” Tuesday ahead of the imminent deadline for publishers to comply with Apple’s revised app terms.

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Companies, Apple, iPad, Pearson, Financial Times, rob grimshaw

Video @ paidContent 2010: How To Make Money From Digital News

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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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Online News, Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2010, Companies, Google, Hearst, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, cnn, contentnext media, ernie sander, josh cohen, kc estenson, lincoln millstein, rob grimshaw

paidContent 2010: The Business of Digital News

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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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2010, ernie sander, josh cohen, kc estenson, lincoln millstein, rob grimshaw

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