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Yoga Journal: Downward dog, forward-looking business model

Are you a provider of online news content bending over backward to find new business models? Consider Yoga Journal. I found the brand while living in the Netherlands because my Dutch is not very good. I have a basic understanding … Continue reading

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Like water in the bottle, these are the stories of our lives … ?

Right now, the overwhelming majority of online journalism is free. A lot of publishers, journalists, bloggers and editors would greatly prefer that news content not be free. For a lot of reasons, the most important one being that these people … Continue reading

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My take on the U.S. Senate hearings: Why is taking money from industry less scary than taking government funds?

No new ideas were introduced during this month’s U.S. Senate hearings on the future of journalism. But I did find a few with which I disagree. This vanilla bit of insight from Arianna Huffington, first off, characterizes the essays on … Continue reading

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At least we’re going to talk about it

I just saw the banner headline on the Huffington Post: HELP IS ON THE WAY I can’t wait to tune into C-Span on 6 May to watch the Senate Hearings. Who knows if U.S. lawmakers are the best people to … Continue reading

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Track 9: Foreign leader visits White House; Track 10: Credit crisis impacts pet stores; Track 12: Local businessman gets DUI…

I read today that The New York Times is considering putting its content again behind a wall. Nearly all content at NYT.com has been free for nearly two years. I’d be disappointed for sure to see this happen. But would … Continue reading

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