media

What is the value of editorial content?

by John Einar Sandvand on October 3, 2010 · 5 comments

How can media companies measure the value of content? Is editorial quality the only aspect? Or should they look at it from a pure commercial viewpoint?

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Ten examples of how media sites try to make users pay for content

by John Einar Sandvand on September 27, 2010 · 12 comments

Media companies can only succeed in charging users for content if they provide unique value. Here are examples of how some sites try to achieve this.

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How Apple could revolutionize the content market

by John Einar Sandvand on September 21, 2010 · 12 comments

What could Apple do if it really wanted to revolutionize the media market? Here is one option.

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In no other country in the world people read as many newspapers as in Norway. Now readership numbers show a dramatic drop.

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Android phones grab market share at high speed in Norway

by John Einar Sandvand on September 11, 2010 · 1 comment

From almost zero market share in january to 14,6 per cent in September: Android phones are picking up very fast in news consumption in Norway.

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Why premium media products should be platform agnostic

by John Einar Sandvand on September 5, 2010 · 13 comments

Media companies face a critical choice as they struggle to introduce user payment for digital content:
Should they introduce separate products for each new platform, such as iPad, or try to sell a cross-platform subscription?

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What creates the greatest value for users? Professional editors’ careful selection of content from one source or sophisticated aggregation services picking relevant sources from numerous sources?

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Does technology pose a threat to our private life?

by The Guardian on August 21, 2010 · 5 comments

This week Google’s Eric Schmidt suggested we may need to invent new identities to escape embarrassing online pasts – while Facebook launched a tool to share users’ locations. So does technology pose a threat to private life?

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The Times has put a wall around all its content while The Guardian invites everyone to republish their articles. It is two completely different strategies. Can both be winners?

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The debate is always black and white: put up a paywall or lose money. But the Daily Mail’s website is getting so big it needn’t do either

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