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iTunes models for news? What publishers can learn from mflow

An iTunes model for news may be a phantom, but publishers wanting to make money from content online can still learn from the experiences of the music sector. The latest launch in this area is the music sharing-and-buying startup mflow – a fantastic model which I think can offer a lot of ideas to publishers. Here’s how it works: You follow
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Here comes the iTunes of news? News Corp, Time Inc et al plan ‘store’

The WSJ reports on News Corp. joining “a consortium of magazine companies that are working on creating a digital store and common technology and advertising standards to sell their titles on electronic readers, mobile devices and other digital devices. “The new venture is likely to be announced next week, according to people familiar with its plans, though it will be
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An iTunes model for news? More difficult than you think.

The following is a comment I posted on Standupkid’s Localtvnews blog, a response to the David Carr NYT column ‘Let’s invent an iTunes for News’. The comment ended up being so lengthy I thought I’d better reproduce it here: The whole iTunes idea is flawed on so many levels: mainly as people are willing to pay for music because they
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