Local newspapers may actually have an easier time charging for content than national and international news brands like the New York Times (NYSE: NYT). And what’s the biggest threat to paid music? Well, probably not piracy. These were among the assertions by panelists on paidContent2010’s The Truth About Subscriptions, who…

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…

People love to debate the merits of free vs. paid content. But overlooked in all this is the cost of access to that content—that’s where the action is. We’re paying more than we ever have to receive our movies, news and music, according to Forrester analyst James McQuivey. Here’s his…

At our first paidContent2010 conference, Elinor Hirschhorn, Simon & Schuster’s EVP & chief digital officer, spoke about the potential for book-online video hybrids such as Vook. “Is there a return?” she asked. “The real question is about distribution. It needs a larger channel or distribution relationship for the browser experience…

For nearly 40 minutes, top executives from The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) took questions from interviewer Staci D. Kramer, co-editor and EVP of ContentNext Media, and participants in paidContent 2010. Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., chairman and publisher; Janet Robinson, president and CEO; and Martin Nisenholtz, SVP-digital operations, knew the…

This past Friday we had our first paidContent 2010 conference at NYC’s TheTimesCenter . During the jam-packed day we had a special lunchtime Q&A with The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) Company’s Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Janet Robinson and Martin Nisenholtz, and talked all things digital news, subscription models, big-media joint…

The big story the past few months on the subject of paid content is the NYTCo’s announcement that it would pursue a metered model for its website. Our Staci D. Kramer put the basic question to top NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) execs during the first afternoon session at paidContent2010, which is…

A premium ecosystem has been spawned by the advent of smartphones and e-readers. News outlets unwilling to charge for online news don’t flinch at fees for news by app. Book publishers are pushing aside the idea that digital means cheaper. New dedicated e-readers are closer than any before to fulfilling…

Digital subscriptions are all the buzz now but the idea is far from new—and far from certain. How can the needle be moved on an idea that worked so well for newspapers and magazines so well for so long? Does selling music by the song or news by the article…

For the past few days, we’ve been filling you in on some of the panels at our first namesake paidContent 2010 conference on Friday, Feb. 19 at TheTimesCenter. We’re also featuring four Q&As with industry leaders from Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), MediaVest USA and The New York…

Hulu started the new wave, now Vevo, Next Issue Media, Epix, Canoe and others are following: companies in the same vertical banding together for joint ventures and consortiums. What happens when companies that haven’t been able to crack the code on their own combine for scale, reach and sales power?…

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…

What can you expect at paidContent 2010: Discussing the Economics of Content? Just what we promised when we announced our first namesake conference: a forward-looking discussion of the major issues and opportunities facing us, staying away from the religious arguments that often arise when discussing the topic of paid content,…

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But we’re close to a sellout for our first namesake conference so hurry if you want to be part of the paidContent 2010 conversation about the hottest topic around: the economics of content. The full-day event is at TheTimesCenter, Feb.19, from 8:15 to 5ish with a casual get together to…

When we decided to present paidContent 2010: Discussing the Economics of Content on Feb. 19 in New York, we knew it was going to be topical and that we would be programming in real time. What we didn’t realize then—or when we picked TheTimesCenter as a location—is just how real…

We’ve been hard at work crafting a real-time lineup for paidContent 2010 and we’re pleased to announce the latest additions, led by a Q&A with Hilary Schneider, Yahoo’s EVP for North America. Schneider’s responsibilities include advertising sales, partnerships and programming as well as the company’s global mobile business. Schneider, the…