Digital trends that will put a strong mark on the media business

January 17, 2011

What are the digital trends that will shape the media industry? I asked five digital media experts. Here are their answers.

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iPad apps – still more dash than cash

January 10, 2011

Apple’s ‘Jesus tablet’ seemed to be the news industry’s best hope of salvation but few publishers are finding apps to be the moneyspinners they so desperately want

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Top five blog posts at BetaTales in 2010

December 21, 2010
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As 2010 comes to an end, it is time to sum up: Here are the five most popular blog posts at digital media blog BetaTales this year.

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Making social media ingrained in all news stories

December 10, 2010
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It was time to cut the crap: The Spanish news site 20minutos.es decided to make a sincere effort to increase the quality of readers’ contributions. Here is how.

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How print journalists can fall into the typographers’ trap

December 4, 2010
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Many newspaper journalists are now making the same mistake as typographers did before: They ignore the massive changes affecting their profession.

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How user payment will improve journalism

November 28, 2010
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Many paywall experiments will fail during the next year. That will lead to better journalism in many media companies. Here is why.

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iPad is all male fun in high tech country Sweden

November 25, 2010
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Even before iPad has been launched in Scandinavia, ten thousands of people have managed to get hold of a tablet. But they are almost all male!

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Waiting for the tornado: How media’s business model will break down

November 18, 2010
Gerd Leonhard

From Copy Economy to Access Economy: The media industry must prepare itself for a future in the cloud, claims a digital future expert.

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Local media sites watch out: The global giants are out to attack you!

November 15, 2010
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How location and positioning will become game changers in the local media market.

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Less than 40.000 subscribers no immediate success for The Times’ online paywall

November 5, 2010

Recently published numbers for The Times’ paywall demonstrates how hard it will be for media houses to make users pay for digital content.

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